grievously
English
Etymology
From Middle English grevously; equivalent to grievous + -ly.
Adverb
grievously (comparative more grievously, superlative most grievously)
- In a grievous manner, severely.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
- Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […]
when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace,
Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly,
That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
- 2011 November 21, David Gergen, “Have they gone nuts in Washington?”, in CNN.com:
- That's why this failure of the super committee represents a reckless, irresponsible gamble by our "leaders" in Washington. It's difficult to remember a Congress that has put the nation so much at risk in the service of ideology and to hold onto office. Partisans on both sides are grievously failing the country.
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Translations
in a grievous manner
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