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grievously

[gree-vuhs-lee] / ˈgri vəs li /




ADVERB
sorely
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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

The use of this ancient wartime power, which was only used three times before, and grievously abused in the case of the Japanese and Italian American internment, is an attack on common sense.

From Salon • May 2, 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

The video appeared to be the first time that Mr. Goldberg-Polin, who was grievously injured in the Hamas-led Oct.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Turkey’s Armenian population, a vulnerable minority in the Ottoman Empire, suffered grievously during the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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