grievously
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
grievously
adv 1: in a grievous manner; "the resolute but unbroken Germany,
grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to
lay the firm foundations for military revival"
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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