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grievously

[ UK /ɡɹˈiːvəsli/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɹivəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. 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

How To Use grievously In A Sentence

  • At fifty years of age, he began to be grievously afflicted with the stone and nephritic colic; but bore with cheerfulness the most excruciating pains of his distemper. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
  • Mrs Forbes accused the council of "grievously" letting down local residents. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
  • In recent years Pete suffered grievously from stomach cancer, but his courage and commitment remained undaunted.
  • But he refused the will and the heart, and every time, when he was unable at the beginning to leap sideways out of the inclined trough, he fell grievously from the inside of the loop, bruising and injuring himself. CHAPTER XXVI
  • Having suffered grievously from biological weapons attacks in the past, China supports work that helps comprehensively to strengthen the effectiveness of the convention. It has actively participated in the work of drawing up a Protocol of the Ad Hoc Group of States Parties to the BWC established in 1994, and has made contributions to the progress of the negotiations on the Protocol.
  • The lady was grievously offended, and changed her whole behaviour in regard to me.
  • Carlo Ancelotti dashes to Italy to visit 'grievously' ill father I'll take a Kop loss provided we win Premier League title, says Neville To mark eight years of his restaurant, restaurateur Nikhil Chib and wife Natasha played host to a bunch of friends and of course, foodies. Daily News & Analysis
  • Having suffered grievously from biological weapons attacks in the past, China supports work that helps comprehensively to strengthen the effectiveness of the convention. It has actively participated in the work of drawing up a Protocol of the Ad Hoc Group of States Parties to the BWC established in 1994, and has made contributions to the progress of the negotiations on the Protocol.
  • Training costs for city workers were grievously underestimated.
  • It was in that desperate and curious limbo known as the "exit concourse," where baffled creatures wait to meet others arriving on trains and maledict the architect who so planned matters that the passengers arrive on two sides at once, so that one stands grievously in the middle slewing his eyes to one side and another in a kind of vertigo, attempting to con both exits. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned
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