grievouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːvəsli/, U.S.

/ˈɡrivəsli/

Etymology: < grievous adj. + -ly suffix².

a. In such a way as to be oppressive, painful, or hurtful to the affairs, person, or feelings of any one; to an oppressive or injurious extent. (Chiefly used with words implying hurt, harm, wrong, etc., and hence tending to become merely intensive; cf. 2.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adverb]

grievously1303

teenfullya1375

griefc1400

infestuously1604

on, upon the back of1608

pesteringly1657

harassingly1822

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]

heavilyc897

sharplyc900

hardeOE

sharpc1000

sorec1000

hardlyOE

etelichec1175

sorelyc1275

straita1300

sourc1300

grievously1303

drearilya1400

foullya1400

felly?c1400

snapelyc1420

durely1477

penallya1500

shrewlya1529

shrewdlyc1533

asperously1547

heinouslya1555

sensibly1613

instantly1638

shrowardly1664

severelya1682

atrociously1765

punishingly1839

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6736 Ne Lazare asked nat greuuslyke, But a fewe crummes for to pyke.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4537 Þan sal he shew grete parsecucion And grevusly þam tourment.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Al ȝif he semeþ grevousliche unkynde for þe tyme.

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋773 This cursed synne anoyeth greuousliche hem that it haunten.

1472 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 22 Grefesly hurt hem of parell of his dethe.

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 6 §1 Much people coming to the said Fairs be grievously vexed and troubled by feigned Actions.

1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 36 Preamble, Stanhop..lay in wayte uppon the seid sir William and hym grevously wouneded and maymed.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bi ^v The moost paynful crampes soo greuously vexynge her.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. viii. 6 My seruant lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grieuously tormented.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 21 The Inhabitants..were so grieviously visited with the plague.

1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. ii. 30 To punish the offender and to afflict him more grievously.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xv. 75 He had seen the Greeks Pressed grievously beside their fleet.

†b. Heavily; with a heavy penalty, at a heavy or high rate; for a large sum. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [adverb] > heavily

grievouslya1340

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [adverb] > for a large sum

grievouslyc1503

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 6 Þai sall greuoslyere be dampned þan hethen men.

c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxx/2 Yf any man wer take & conuicte of takyng of veneri he shalbe greuously redemed if he haue wherof he may be redemed.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lx. 361 Now then we shall not faile to be y^e grieuouslyer condemned if we forget our God.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 81 The Noble Brutus, Hath told you Cæsar was Ambitious: If it were so, it was a greeuous Fault, And greeuously hath Cæsar answer'd it.

1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Attaint He shall be imprisoned and grievously ransomed at the Kings Will.

2. In a great or serious degree; heavily, deeply, strongly, exceedingly, etc. (In early, and occasionally in modern use, with more or less suggestion of the etymological sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad

sorea1300

grievously1340

terrible1490

beastly?1518

shrewdlyc1533

arrantly?1548

murrainly?1548

abominablea1550

pestilence1567

pestilently1567

cursedly1570

pestiferously1570

murrain1575

plaguey1584

plaguilya1586

grievous1598

scandalously1602

horridly1603

terribly1604

monstrously1611

hellish1614

dreadfullya1616

horrid1615

pestilenta1616

infernally1638

preposterously1661

woeful1684

confoundedly1694

confounded1709

glaringly1709

cursed1719

flagrantly1756

weary1790

disgustingly1804

filthy1827

blamed1833

peskily1833

pesky1833

blame1843

blasted1854

wickedly1858

blatantly1878

shamelessly1885

disgracefully1893

ruddy1913

bastarda1935

pissing1951

sodding1954

pissingly1971

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Hy zeneȝeþ wel greuousliche.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 349 He ne hath nat doon so grevously a-mis.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 21 He had..sworne so greuously þat he schuld bring it to swilke a state þat wymmen schuld mow wade ouer and noȝt wete þaire kneesse.

c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 25 And hym offendyth no thyng more greuously than whan man..ȝeueþ worshep of godhed to creatures vnresonable.

1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1537) 81 The Jewes..synned greueouslyer agaynst God.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm He behind them stayd, Maulgre his host, who grudged griuously, To house a guest, that would be needes obayd.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 135 I do suspect thee very greeuously .

1704 in J. Swift Tale of Tub Bookseller to Rdr. sig. A4^v I grievously suspect a Cheat.

1794 W. Jones tr. Inst. Hindu Law ii. §226 A spiritual and a natural father..are not to be treated with disrespect..though the student be grievously provoked.

1873 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 100 [I] shall be grievously busy tomorrow.

1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 56 The sociologist has grievously complained of late that he could get but little help from science.

3. In a deplorable manner, ‘sadly’, ‘wofully’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb]

noughtlyeOE

litherOE

naughtlyOE

litherlya1225

simplya1325

miseaselyc1330

wretchedlyc1340

lewdlyc1386

unhappily1390

miserably?a1425

lodderlyc1425

sorrily1496

singly1548

naughtily1574

sillily1581

lamentably1585

evilly1587

woefully1592

scurvily1616

execrably1633

grievously1742

miscreantly1744

queasily1845

fecklessly1862

God-forsakenly1913

1742 W. Warburton Wks. (1811) XI. 197 But our Advocate, now grievously bemired, yet flounders on.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iv. 179 The winds of heaven..Display his nakedness to passers by, And grievously burlesque the human form.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xviii. 356 Melancholy banks of mud, here and there overtopped by thickets of grievously befoulded sedges.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 477 How grievously was I disappointed!

1883 T. Martin Life Ld. Lyndhurst v. 126 The Government erred grievously in doing little or nothing to redress these abuses.

†4. With expression of grief; bitterly, piteously, sorrowfully. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]

wrothec950

heavilyc1000

sorrowlyOE

sorrilylOE

sorrowfullyc1225

dolefullyc1290

sadlya1375

teenfullya1375

wrothlyc1374

unwinlya1400

grievouslyc1400

unblithely1415

tristily?c1450

sad?a1475

sytefully1488

earnfully?1527

dolently1548

mournfully?1567

distressfully1593

passionately1604

tragicly1604

grievingly1623

distressedly1890

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 120 Þei syke greuousleche, & a scharpe feuere falliþ.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 54 What are you here, that cry so greeuously ?

†5. to take grievously: (a) to be incensed or angered at; (b) to be distressed or grieved at. (Cf. to take in grief, to take in grievance.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)]

to take grievouslya1533

resent1595

sorrowa1616

the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > be angry at or with

wratha1300

wrathc1374

wrethec1420

to take grievouslya1533

spite1581

a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Aiv More and Rochester..toke the matter so greuouslye, that they could neuer after be quyet in their stomakes vntyll they had dronken his bloud.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. f. 35–43 The common sorte are wounte to take the death of young folkes much greuouslyer then of olde.

1582 Earl of Shrewsbury in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 61 My wyffe taketh my doughter Lennoux deathe so grevouslie that she neither dothe nor can thincke of any thinge but of lamentinge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grievously
释义	grievouslyadv. Brit. /ˈɡriːvəsli/, U.S. /ˈɡrivəsli/ Etymology: < grievous adj. + -ly suffix². 1. a. In such a way as to be oppressive, painful, or hurtful to the affairs, person, or feelings of any one; to an oppressive or injurious extent. (Chiefly used with words implying hurt, harm, wrong, etc., and hence tending to become merely intensive; cf. 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [adverb] grievously1303 teenfullya1375 griefc1400 infestuously1604 on, upon the back of1608 pesteringly1657 harassingly1822 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] heavilyc897 sharplyc900 hardeOE sharpc1000 sorec1000 hardlyOE etelichec1175 sorelyc1275 straita1300 sourc1300 grievously1303 drearilya1400 foullya1400 felly?c1400 snapelyc1420 durely1477 penallya1500 shrewlya1529 shrewdlyc1533 asperously1547 heinouslya1555 sensibly1613 instantly1638 shrowardly1664 severelya1682 atrociously1765 punishingly1839 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6736 Ne Lazare asked nat greuuslyke, But a fewe crummes for to pyke. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4537 Þan sal he shew grete parsecucion And grevusly þam tourment. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Al ȝif he semeþ grevousliche unkynde for þe tyme. c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋773 This cursed synne anoyeth greuousliche hem that it haunten. 1472 Presentm. Juries in Surtees Misc. (1888) 22 Grefesly hurt hem of parell of his dethe. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 6 §1 Much people coming to the said Fairs be grievously vexed and troubled by feigned Actions. 1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 36 Preamble, Stanhop..lay in wayte uppon the seid sir William and hym grevously wouneded and maymed. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bi ^v The moost paynful crampes soo greuously vexynge her. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. viii. 6 My seruant lieth at home sicke of the palsie, grieuously tormented. View more context for this quotation 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 21 The Inhabitants..were so grieviously visited with the plague. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. ii. 30 To punish the offender and to afflict him more grievously. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xv. 75 He had seen the Greeks Pressed grievously beside their fleet. †b. Heavily; with a heavy penalty, at a heavy or high rate; for a large sum. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [adverb] > heavily grievouslya1340 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [adverb] > for a large sum grievouslyc1503 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 6 Þai sall greuoslyere be dampned þan hethen men. c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxx/2 Yf any man wer take & conuicte of takyng of veneri he shalbe greuously redemed if he haue wherof he may be redemed. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lx. 361 Now then we shall not faile to be y^e grieuouslyer condemned if we forget our God. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 81 The Noble Brutus, Hath told you Cæsar was Ambitious: If it were so, it was a greeuous Fault, And greeuously hath Cæsar answer'd it. View more context for this quotation 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. at Attaint He shall be imprisoned and grievously ransomed at the Kings Will. 2. In a great or serious degree; heavily, deeply, strongly, exceedingly, etc. (In early, and occasionally in modern use, with more or less suggestion of the etymological sense.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Hy zeneȝeþ wel greuousliche. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 349 He ne hath nat doon so grevously a-mis. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) vi. 21 He had..sworne so greuously þat he schuld bring it to swilke a state þat wymmen schuld mow wade ouer and noȝt wete þaire kneesse. c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 25 And hym offendyth no thyng more greuously than whan man..ȝeueþ worshep of godhed to creatures vnresonable. 1531 W. Tyndale Expos. 1 John (1537) 81 The Jewes..synned greueouslyer agaynst God. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm He behind them stayd, Maulgre his host, who grudged griuously, To house a guest, that would be needes obayd. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. iii. 135 I do suspect thee very greeuously . View more context for this quotation 1704 in J. Swift Tale of Tub Bookseller to Rdr. sig. A4^v I grievously suspect a Cheat. 1794 W. Jones tr. Inst. Hindu Law ii. §226 A spiritual and a natural father..are not to be treated with disrespect..though the student be grievously provoked. 1873 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) II. 100 [I] shall be grievously busy tomorrow. 1894 H. Drummond Lowell Lect. Ascent of Man 56 The sociologist has grievously complained of late that he could get but little help from science. 3. In a deplorable manner, ‘sadly’, ‘wofully’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb] noughtlyeOE litherOE naughtlyOE litherlya1225 simplya1325 miseaselyc1330 wretchedlyc1340 lewdlyc1386 unhappily1390 miserably?a1425 lodderlyc1425 sorrily1496 singly1548 naughtily1574 sillily1581 lamentably1585 evilly1587 woefully1592 scurvily1616 execrably1633 grievously1742 miscreantly1744 queasily1845 fecklessly1862 God-forsakenly1913 1742 W. Warburton Wks. (1811) XI. 197 But our Advocate, now grievously bemired, yet flounders on. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. iv. 179 The winds of heaven..Display his nakedness to passers by, And grievously burlesque the human form. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xviii. 356 Melancholy banks of mud, here and there overtopped by thickets of grievously befoulded sedges. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 477 How grievously was I disappointed! 1883 T. Martin Life Ld. Lyndhurst v. 126 The Government erred grievously in doing little or nothing to redress these abuses. †4. With expression of grief; bitterly, piteously, sorrowfully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb] wrothec950 heavilyc1000 sorrowlyOE sorrilylOE sorrowfullyc1225 dolefullyc1290 sadlya1375 teenfullya1375 wrothlyc1374 unwinlya1400 grievouslyc1400 unblithely1415 tristily?c1450 sad?a1475 sytefully1488 earnfully?1527 dolently1548 mournfully?1567 distressfully1593 passionately1604 tragicly1604 grievingly1623 distressedly1890 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 120 Þei syke greuousleche, & a scharpe feuere falliþ. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 54 What are you here, that cry so greeuously ? View more context for this quotation †5. to take grievously: (a) to be incensed or angered at; (b) to be distressed or grieved at. (Cf. to take in grief, to take in grievance.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] to take grievouslya1533 resent1595 sorrowa1616 the mind > emotion > anger > [verb (transitive)] > be angry at or with wratha1300 wrathc1374 wrethec1420 to take grievouslya1533 spite1581 a1533 J. Frith Against Rastel (?1535–6) sig. Aiv More and Rochester..toke the matter so greuouslye, that they could neuer after be quyet in their stomakes vntyll they had dronken his bloud. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark v. f. 35–43 The common sorte are wounte to take the death of young folkes much greuouslyer then of olde. 1582 Earl of Shrewsbury in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 61 My wyffe taketh my doughter Lennoux deathe so grevouslie that she neither dothe nor can thincke of any thinge but of lamentinge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1303
随便看	to give and bequeath to give and devise to give and take to give another thought to give any one a bit of one's mind to give any one the bob to give any one the dor to give arms to give as good as he brings or one gets to give assign journey of battle, treaty to give attempt to give attitude to give audience to give audience to to give away to give back to give battle to give beans to give best to give best to to give birth to give birth to to give blood to give business to to give by