in all seriousness
- seriouslyWith sincere intent
- earnestlyWith deep sincerity
- honestlyIn a truthful manner
- genuinelyIn a real manner
- sincerelyWith genuine feeling
truthfully · gravely · solemnly · no joke · frankly · truly · real talk · straight up · soberly · candidly · bluntly · heart to heart · dead serious · for real · somber · stern · weighty · no laughing matter
- serious expressionsno joke, dead serious, I mean it, seriously, in earnest
sincerity and earnestness
in all seriousnessjust kidding
Retraction of a jest
just joking · in jest · jokingly · tongue-in-cheek · facetiously
register and tone
in all seriousnesslightheartedly
In carefree fashion
jokingly · flippantly · playfully · tongue firmly in cheek · casually