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Definition of Grievously
1. Adverb. 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"
Definition of Grievously
1. Adverb. In a grievous manner, severely. ¹
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Definition of Grievously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grievously
Literary usage of Grievously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Roger de Hoveden: Comprising the History of England and of by Roger, Roger of Hoveden, Henry Thomas Riley (1853)
"... in the fulness of His grace, after the many persecutions by which she has been
grievously oppressed and crushed, restored peace and quietness to her. ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"However, I will not enlarge upon it further, only adding that I was within an
inch of revenging my father on Messer Jacopo Salviati, who had grievously ..."
3. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1831)
"... turbances from disease, must make us at once honour his spirit, and lament
that it should be so grievously clogged by its material tegument. ..."
4. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"CHAPTER V. HOW PETER STUYVESANT WAS grievously BELIED BY TH« GREAT COUNCIL OF
THE LEAGUE ; AND HOW HE SENT AS- ..."
5. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Inhabitants of Saxony grievously oppressed—§ XLI. Progress of the Swedes in
Pomerania—§ XLII. Prince Charles of Saxony elected duke of Courland—§ XLIII. ..."
6. The Homilies of S. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, on the by John Chrysostom (1843)
"... my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. THE leper
came unto Him when He was come down from the mountain, but this centurion, ..."
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