Grievously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
                                                    --Gen. xxi.
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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grievously
       adv : 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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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