2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos LL gravosus See
{Grief}.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
3. Full of or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as a grievous cry. -- {Griev"ous*ly}, adv --
{Griev"ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grievously
adv : 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"
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