Meaning of SERIOUSNESS

Pronunciation:			s'ireeusnus
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [n]  the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness" [n]  an earnest and sincere feeling
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	Synonyms:		distressfulness, earnestness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity, sincerity
	Antonyms:		frivolity, frivolousness
	See Also:		badness, commitment, committedness, graveness, gravity, gravity, sedateness, severity, soberness, sobriety, solemness, solemnity, solemnity, somberness, staidness, trait