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View definitions for grievously

grievously

adverb as in sadly

adverb as in sorely

adverb as in sorely

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The country’s grievous past has so thoroughly spoiled the present that even the Constitution has been called into question.

If the allegations are false, Cosby has been grievously wronged with his reputation forever tainted.

And Bill Weasley remains happily married to Fleur Delacour despite being “grievously scarred from an encounter with a werewolf”.

Want to know why the Tea Party so eager to grievously wound the Republican Party?

Li was sprawled on the kitchen floor with her 5-year-old son, Kevin Zhou, both of them grievously wounded.

He was one of the most grievously injured pilots to arrive in Hanoi.

A full third of the attacking force lay on the ground, dead or grievously wounded.

Moreover, she had never so thoroughly enjoyed being a girl, and love-making would have bored her grievously.

I believe they expected to receive a large sum from these relics: how grievously they were disappointed I need not tell.

The assailants were grievously embarrassed by stones rolled down upon them and by the fire of the archers.

My failure to accomplish the desired result is grievously exasperating, and I feel deeply humiliated.

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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grievously, such as: wistfully, cheerlessly, dejectedly, dismally, dolefully, and gloomily.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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