how to pronounce severely

/səˈvɪɹliː/

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severely is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of severely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… 2020 costco had severely limited its …”

meanings of severely

adverb:

In a severe manner.

severely frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word severely occurs in english on average 9.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics severely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that severely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;