He was a player here, not really into the scene in any serious way.
This little understood process is finally being looked at in a serious way.
And I'll worry about that if it looks like they're coming back in a serious way.
The aunt was a young woman, and she had a serious way with her eyes of watching me.
She talked to him sometimes in a serious way about his future.
And I think we have to address these issues in a very serious way.
This question has not been taken up in any serious way.
They were beginning to fall for each other in a serious way.
Then she pulled herself together, thinking matters over in her serious way.
"Even after 16 years, this is not a party that we can talk about in any serious way."