Sorely

3 definitions found

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

  Sorely \Sore"ly\, adv.
     In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely
     afflicted.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sorely
       adv 1: to a great degree; "I missed him sorely"; "we were sorely
              taxed to keep up with them"
       2: in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely
          wounded" [syn: {painfully}] [ant: {painlessly}]

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

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorely":
     abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly,
     blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly,
     deathly, deplorably, deucedly, distressfully, distressingly,
     dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly,
     exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, grievously,
     hardly, harrowingly, heartbreakingly, hellishly, horribly,
     improperly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably,
     keenly, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, openly, painfully,
     pathetically, piteously, pitiably, rancorously, ruefully, sadly,
     shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce,
     staggeringly, terribly, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably,
     unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, woefully