grievously
In terrible fashion
Grievously means in a way that causes severe pain, suffering, or harm.
A grievously wounded soldier has life-threatening injuries.
To be grievously wronged is to suffer serious injustice.
The word carries moral weight—grievous errors and grievous sins suggest not just magnitude but culpability: He had grievously underestimated the consequences.
In a harsh manner
- acutelyWith sharp intensity
- profoundlyTo an extreme degree
- deeplyTo a profound extent
- criticallyWith serious judgment
seriously · extremely · intensely · greatly · sorely · terribly · dreadfully · horribly
In a grieving way
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- painfullyIn a distressing manner
- heartbreakinglyIn a grief-inducing manner
- tragicallyIn a devastating manner
lamentably · pitifully · woefully · anguished · distressingly · wretchedly · dolefully · plaintively
severely
In a harsh manner
- acutelyWith sharp intensity
- profoundlyTo an extreme degree
- deeplyTo a profound extent
critically · seriously · extremely · intensely · greatly · sorely · terribly · dreadfully · horribly · painfully
mournfully
In a grieving way
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- painfullyIn a distressing manner
- heartbreakinglyIn a grief-inducing manner
tragically · lamentably · pitifully · woefully · anguished · distressingly · wretchedly · dolefully · plaintively · bereaved
injure
Cause physical harm
hurt · afflict · impair · traumatize · violate · abuse · torment · disable · cripple · debilitate
grievouslymildly
In a gentle way
slightly · trivially · negligibly · lightly · minimally
grievouslyjoyfully
With great pleasure
happily · blissfully · gladly · joyously · cheerfully
grievouslyvenially
In forgivable manner
pardonably · excusably · forgivably · innocuously · benignly
- grievous harmSerious physical damage
- grievous bodily harmSerious intentional physical injury
- General Grievous