Seriously (adv.): to think that somebody/something is important and deserves your attention and respect; in a serious way; used at the beginning of a sentence to show a change from joking to being more serious; very; extremely How often do we say: "Seriously?!?" - and for many different reasons: happy, funny, and sometimes sad. And how often do we take ourselves too seriously. A little poke just might set us straight for the moment. Here we have birds of prey perilously perched on the edge of the known universe (at least, how it was imagined in the days before Galileo and later space travel. If they only knew.