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grievously

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griev·ous  (grvs)
adj.
1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.
2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

[Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravre, to burden; see grieve.]

grievous·ly adv.
grievous·ness n.
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Adv.1.grievously - 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"
Translations
grievously [ˈgriːvəslɪ] ADV [hurt, offend] → gravemente; [err, be mistaken] → lamentablemente
grievously woundedgravemente herido
grievously [ˈgriːvəsli] adv
[suffer] → terriblement
[injured, damaged] → très gravement
grievously
adv (form) injure, wound, disappoint, offend, neglectschwer; he had been grievously wrongedman hatte ihm sehr großes Unrecht zugefügt
grievously [ˈgriːvəslɪ] adv (see adj) → atrocemente, gravemente, pesantemente, tristemente, orribilmente


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Having pricked and grievously tom the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble because, when he had fled to her for assistance, she had used him worse than the hedge itself.
My vanity may have grievously misled me, but I confess I expected a very different result.
The only people to suffer will be the Board of Control, which is grievously overworked already.
 
 
 
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