'Grievously' definitions:
Definition of 'grievously'
(from WordNet)
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'
From: GCIDE
- Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
- 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. [1913 Webster]
- The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii. 10. [1913 Webster]
- The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. --Gen. xxi. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- {Griev"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Griev"ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'grievously'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominably,
- agonizingly,
- awfully,
- baldly,
- balefully,
- bitterly,
- blatantly,
- brashly,
- brokenheartedly,
- calamitously,
- cataclysmically,
- catastrophically,
- confoundedly,
- cruelly,
- crushingly,
- damnably,
- deadly,
- deathly,
- deplorably,
- deucedly,
- distressfully,
- distressingly,
- dolefully,
- dolorously,
- dreadfully,
- egregiously,
- excessively,
- excruciatingly,
- exorbitantly,
- extravagantly,
- flagrantly,
- frightfully,
- grieffully,
- harrowingly,
- heartbreakingly,
- hellishly,
- horribly,
- improperly,
- inexcusably,
- infernally,
- inordinately,
- intolerably,
- lamentably,
- miserably,
- mournfully,
- nakedly,
- openly,
- painfully,
- pathetically,
- piteously,
- pitiably,
- plaintively,
- ruefully,
- sadly,
- shatteringly,
- shockingly,
- something awful,
- something fierce,
- sorely,
- sorrowfully,
- staggeringly,
- tearfully,
- terribly,
- torturously,
- tragically,
- unashamedly,
- unbearably,
- unconscionably,
- unduly,
- unpardonably,
- woefully