high seriousness

collocation in English

meaningsofhighandseriousness

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high
adjective
uk
/haɪ/us
/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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seriousness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs.nəs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs.nəs/
the state of being very bad ...
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(Definition ofhighandseriousnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhigh seriousness

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The rhythm guitar plays a flamenco-like rhythm, simultaneously referencing the mockhighseriousnessand the drumming feet of the flamenco dancer.
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But those attending inquests inevitably and increasingly contrasted thehighseriousnessof the occasion with its surroundings.
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The pledge of marriage is given and taken inhighseriousness.
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He gave us a speech of extraordinary interest, couched in a tone ofhighseriousness, fitted to the great importance of the question.
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I say all this inhighseriousness.
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His absurd interventions deflate thehighseriousnessthat the authority figures seek to impose and frequently reduce their efforts to farce.
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A misdemeanor is considered a crime of low seriousness, and a felony one ofhighseriousness.
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Additionally, like other nonsense verse, the writing plays with and parodies a well identified genre ofhighseriousness.
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The speakers included opinion leaders, but not all washighseriousness.
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He generally achieved a canny balance of humour andhighseriousnesswhich is often multi-layered in its effects.
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A felony is generally considered a crime of "highseriousness", while a misdemeanour is not.
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A felony is generally considered to be a crime ofhighseriousness, while a misdemeanor is not.
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