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grievously

[gree-vuhs-lee] / ˈgri vəs li /




ADVERB
sorely
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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

Each loved nature and beauty and harmony, suffered grievously under American settlement and finally succeeded by being true to its heritage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

“Midnight was closing in, the one-legged woman was grievously burned, and the Mumbai police were coming for Abdul and his father,” Boo’s book begins.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

These actions shocked the conscience and grievously damaged the country.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2025

Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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