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griefful, a.|ˈgriːffʊl|
Forms: 4 greful, 5–7 greefull, 6–8 grieffull, (6 grefull, grefful, grieful(l, gre(e)fe-ful, griefeful(l, grievefull), 6, 9 griefful.
[f. grief n. + -ful.]
Painful, sorrowful; † grievous.
a1300Cursor M. 13184 (Gött.) Bot þis dede was seld ful dere, þe mening ȝeit lastis bi ȝere, wid a greful [Cott. greithful] uengance. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ix. 251 The wounde of Rycharde was soo greefull to see that it was pyte to beholde. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 20 It is grefull to me to leue your companye. 1561Norton & Sackv. Gorboduc i. i. (Shaks. Soc.) 97 And nowe the daie renewes my griefull plainte. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. ii. iii, The most greefull, despairing, wretched [etc.]. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 42 To deliver this grief-full body to the rest of a desired grave. 1742Collins Ode to Fear 27 The grief-full Muse address'd her infant tongue. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. 704 The same great, grave, griefful air. 1882Daily News 21 Apr. 5/7 The stern reality of a griefful parting.
Hence ˈgrieffully adv.
a1400–50Alexander 973 (Dublin MS.) And grettes for hym als grefully [Ashm. MS. greuously] as he hym gettyn hed. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 153 He is in dede very sory, but yet taketh the matter lesse greifefully, forasmuche as the thinge hath fortuned throughe another mans faulte, and not his. |