1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (xxxii. 3) Hee betokeneth not greeflesnesse or blockishnesse.
1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat 34 Greeflesnesse is thoughte too bee a signe of Desperatenesse.
1886 H. Sidgwick ii. §16. 81 The grieflessness which the sage was conceived to maintain amid the worst tortures.