Serious

·adj Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

II. Serious ·adj Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

III. Serious ·adj Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

IV. Serious ·adj Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

serious
Particularly attentive to religious concerns or one's own religious state.--Webster. Serious has [i...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.