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Grievously

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a grievous manner, severely.

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a grievous manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English grevously; equivalent to grievous + -ly.

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