What is the meaning of "severely practical"?

[goodboybkk]

Dear teachers,

What is the meaning of "severely practical"?
Thanks

 

[5jj]

In what context did you see these words used?

 

[goodboybkk]

She always adopted a severely practical tone.

 

[Tarheel]

I'm having a hard time figuring out how those words go together. Is that your sentence?

 

[goodboybkk]

No, it is not.

 

[Tarheel]

I would have asked about the entire phrase (a severely practical tone), because it is unfamiliar to me.

I don't think it will catch on.

 

[emsr2d2]

In what context did you see these words used?

She always adopted a severely practical tone.

Is that your sentence?

No, it is not.

If you did not write the sentence yourself, you must provide the source and author (copyright rules).

 

[goodboybkk]

This is from online oxford collocatiin dictionary.

 

[emsr2d2]

This is from the online Oxford Collocation Dictionary.

Note the correct way to capitalise official names.

In all honesty, I think that is a very odd example sentence to provide when someone simply wants a word to collocate with "practical". I genuinely don't know what the sentence is supposed to mean. I have no idea how one would adopt a "practical tone", let alone a "severely practical" one.

 

[probus]

In that context I'd say that severely is being used as a synonym for very or extremely.

 

[Tarheel]

@probus I'm sure that's true.

 

[Rover_KE]

The screenshot does not show the sentence under discussion, goodboybkk.

 

[goodboybkk]

She always adopted a severely practical tone

 

[goodboybkk]

It indeed shows the sentence under the heated discussion.

 

[goodboybkk]

Please read the screenshot. Thanks

 

[Barque]

I don't find it an unusual collocation. I've come across it before, though it might be a little old-fashioned.

"Severely" could mean "extremely" and/or "thoroughly" here.
"Practical" here means that she was concerned with what would actually work.

 

[emsr2d2]

In that context I'd say that severely is being used as a synonym for very or extremely.

Of course it is, but that doesn't explain what the sentence means as a whole. I have no more idea of what a "very/extremely practical tone" is any more than I do a "severely practical tone".