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grievously

[gree-vuhs-lee] / ˈgri vəs li /




ADVERB
sorely
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One went to a helicopter pilot grievously wounded during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The agency also provides a grievously misleading account of the 2014 Supreme Court opinion in Utility Air Regulatory Group v.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

The video appeared to be the first time that Mr. Goldberg-Polin, who was grievously injured in the Hamas-led Oct.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024

Yet, because they've been so grievously injured, they're unable to signal that.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024

I’m reading Madame Bovary in French now, grievously, very grievously.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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