[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

severe \severe"\, a. compar. severer; superl. severest.
   l. severus; perhaps akin to gr. ??? awe, ??? revered, holy,
   solemn, goth. swikns innocent, chaste: cf. f. s'ev`ere.
   cf. asseverate, persevere.
   1. serious in feeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not
      light, lively, or cheerful.
      1913 webster

            your looks alter, as your subject does,
            from kind to fierce, from wanton to severe.
                                                  --waller.
      1913 webster

   2. very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh;
      not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism;
      severe punishment. "custody severe." --milton.
      1913 webster

            come you are too severe a moraler.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            let your zeal, if it must be expressed in anger, be
            always more severe against thyself than against
            others.                               --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   3. rigidly methodical, or adherent to rule or principle;
      exactly conformed to a standard; not allowing or employing
      unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; --
      said of style, argument, etc. "restrained by reason and
      severe principles." --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

            the latin, a most severe and compendious language.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. sharp; afflictive; distressing; violent; extreme; as,
      severe pain, anguish, fortune; severe cold.
      1913 webster

   5. difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a
      severe test.
      1913 webster

   syn: strict; grave; austere; stern; morose; rigid; exact;
        rigorous; hard; rough; harsh; censorious; tart;
        acrimonious; sarcastic; satirical; cutting; biting;
        keen; bitter; cruel. see strict.
        1913 webster -- severe"ly, adv. -- severe"ness,
        n.
        1913 webster
see also:
severer severest asseverate persevere strict severe"ly 
severe"ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

severely
     adv 1: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they
            had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely
            impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
            syn: badly, gravely, seriously
     2: with sternness; in a severe manner; "`no,' she said
        sternly"; "peered severely over her glasses" syn: sternly
     3: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by
        the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's
        failure" syn: hard
see also:
badly gravely seriously sternly hard 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

48 moby thesaurus words for "severely":
   acutely, ascetically, austerely, awfully, badly, barely, brutally,
   coldly, coolly, critically, crudely, cruelly, dangerously, dourly,
   dreadfully, entirely, fatally, forbiddingly, fully, gloweringly,
   gravely, grievously, grimly, harshly, inhumanly, mercilessly,
   modestly, mortally, onerously, painfully, permanently, plainly,
   primitively, punitively, relentlessly, rigorously, savagely,
   seriously, simply, soberly, sparely, sparsely, starkly, sternly,
   strictly, stringently, terminally, tyrannically

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