Griev"ous*ly
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See
{Grief}.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
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The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
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2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
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3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- {Griev"ous*ly}, adv. --
{Griev"ous*ness}, n.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
71 Moby Thesaurus words for "grievously":
abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly,
blatantly, brashly, brokenheartedly, calamitously, cataclysmically,
catastrophically, confoundedly, cruelly, crushingly, damnably,
deadly, deathly, deplorably, deucedly, distressfully,
distressingly, dolefully, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously,
excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly,
flagrantly, frightfully, grieffully, harrowingly, heartbreakingly,
hellishly, horribly, improperly, inexcusably, infernally,
inordinately, intolerably, lamentably, miserably, mournfully,
nakedly, openly, painfully, pathetically, piteously, pitiably,
plaintively, ruefully, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly,
something awful, something fierce, sorely, sorrowfully,
staggeringly, tearfully, terribly, torturously, tragically,
unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably,
woefully
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