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Seriously fractured arm in silly venture (8)

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formally

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'seriously' is the definition.
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'fractured arm in silly venture' is the wordplay.
'fractured' is an anagram indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'silly venture' becomes 'folly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'arm' is an anagram of 'rma'.
'rma' inserted inside 'folly' is 'FORMALLY'.

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(Other definitions for formally that I've seen before include "following conventional rules" , "With official authorisation" , "in precise terms" , "According to the rules" , "without ceremony" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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