без шуток

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[PrepP; Invar]

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1. [sent adv (usu. parenth)]

⇒ speaking in earnest:

- (all) joking (kidding) aside;

- joking apart;

- (speaking) seriously.

     ♦ Но без шуток: было очень красиво, очень тихо (Набоков 1). But joking aside, it really was all very beautiful, very quiet (1a).

     ♦ "Нет, без шуток, батюшка, она [княжна Марья] очень уродлива? А?" - ...спросил он [Анатоль], как бы продолжая разговор, не раз ведённый во время путешествия (Толстой 4). "Joking apart, father, is she [Princess Marya] very hideous? Eh?" Anatol asked his father, as if continuing a subject that had been discussed more than once during the journey (4a).

2. [adv]

⇒ (to say or do sth.) in earnest, without joking:

- in all seriousness;

- seriously;

- earnestly.