Khắc khe, gay gắt (trong thái độ, cách cư xử)

to punish somebody severely

nghiêm khắc trừng phạt ai

Rất xấu, rất mãnh liệt, rất gay go, khốc liệt, dữ dội

severely handicapped

bị khuyết tật nặng

Đòi hỏi kỹ năng, đòi hỏi khả năng rất cao, đòi hỏi tính kiên nhẫn

Giản dị, mộc mạc; không trang điểm (về kiểu cách, dung nhan, cách trang phục..)

dress very severely

ăn mặc rất giản dị, mộc mạc

Acutely, seriously, badly, dangerously, dreadfully;permanently, fully, entirely: The accident left him severelyhandicapped.

Strictly, harshly, rigorously, austerely,oppressively, relentlessly, mercilessly, cruelly, brutally,savagely, inhumanly, tyrannically: The boys were severelymaltreated at the school.

Sternly, forbiddingly, dourly,gloweringly, gravely, seriously, grimly, unsmilingly, soberly,coldly, coolly, austerely: Mrs Gladwin regarded me severelyover the top of her pince-nez.

Stringently, punitively,harshly, onerously, grievously, painfully: One is punishedseverely for the slightest infraction of the law.

Dangerously, acutely, critically, dreadfully, awfully; mortally,fatally, terminally: I am afraid to say that your mother isseverely ill.

Starkly, plainly, barely, modestly, austerely,ascetically, monastically, primitively, simply, crudely,sparsely, sparely: The room is furnished a bit severely for mytaste.