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seriousness

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seriousness /ˈsirijəsnəs/ noun
seriousness
/ˈsirijəsnəs/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SERIOUSNESS
[noncount]
: the quality or state of being serious

in all seriousness

: in a serious way used to stress that a statement, question, etc., is not a joke