"Seriously, while they want me, they can count on me.
He began drawing seriously while he was completing his National Service.
People take comedians seriously, while they laugh at politicians, but seldom laugh with them.
Aidoo began to write seriously while an honours student at the University of Ghana (B.A., 1964).
Jarmusch invites us to take Paterson (the man) seriously while dismissing his wife as a joke.
The women's willingness to take each other's fears and neuroses seriously while at the same time gently demolishing them.
He's also extremely funny, taking himself far too seriously while at the same time being aware of his own preposterousness.
In works like this, Ms. Tharp takes dancers seriously while challenging them to the utmost; you see how happily they rise to the occasion.
But that delay also reduces the urgency felt by Iran to negotiate seriously while it continues to pile up enriched uranium, even if more slowly.
As with any superhero movie, Mr. Reynolds said, the core challenge is taking the story line seriously while signaling the audience that the film gets the joke.
The relationship between the New York clubs goes back to 1962, when Casey Stengel took the Mayor's Trophy seriously while the Yankees used spare pitchers.
