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The phrase "all that serious" is not correct in standard written English.
It is often used informally to downplay the seriousness of a situation or statement.
Example: "I thought the meeting would be intense, but it wasn't all that serious after all."
Alternatives: "not that serious" or "not so serious".
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O.K., maybe it wasn't all that serious.
Fed up with all that serious foreign news?
"We were given the impression that it wasn't all that serious.
"I don't think Berlusconi is all that serious," Mr. Hollande told journalists in Brussels.
VIOLENCE -- Kelly roughs up Matt, bloodying him slightly, but it's not all that serious.
By extension, they seemed to be saying that child abuse isn't all that serious, what's the big deal?
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Between the two of them existed all that was serious in life.
No doubt part of what lay behind these practices was a view that the wrongs being done were, if wrongs at all, not that serious; but we can also discern the view that these were 'private' rather than 'public' wrongs.
But all agree that serious infections are extremely uncommon.
Still, freed of all that semi-serious superhero baggage, this has few ambitions beyond providing a goofy crowd-pleasing laugh – unless you count setting up another summer franchise.
Pop has its place and all that, but for serious lovers of serious music, Calvi is the one to watch.
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