severely

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Adjusting for inflation, that is the largest five-week increase since September 2005, when gasoline supplies were severely disrupted in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Another soldier was severely wounded and a reservist moderately wounded, the IDF said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Similarly, the memory-chip market is severely undersupplied, but manufacturers that were once reluctant to add capacity are now securing clean-room space.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Viewed in the halo glow of the tradwife’s ascendance, its version of empowerment is severely compromised.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

On top of this, the winter of 1607/8 was unusually severe, with heavy falls of snow in Padua, and during March and April 1608 Galileo was severely afflicted with his arthritic complaint.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin