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grievously

[gree-vuhs-lee] / ˈgri vəs li /




ADVERB
sorely
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“The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would be grievously compromised. Competition is essential for a healthy economy and a healthy democracy. So is thoughtful regulation and enforcement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The agency also provides a grievously misleading account of the 2014 Supreme Court opinion in Utility Air Regulatory Group v.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

How do grievously wounded combatants power through to achieve extraordinary feats of heroism?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

The use of this ancient wartime power, which was only used three times before, and grievously abused in the case of the Japanese and Italian American internment, is an attack on common sense.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

Turkey’s Armenian population, a vulnerable minority in the Ottoman Empire, suffered grievously during the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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