GRIEVOUSLY

grievously

(adverb) in a grievous manner; “the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

grievously (comparative more grievously, superlative most grievously)

In a grievous manner, severely.

Source: Wiktionary

GRIEVOUS

Griev"ous, a. Etym: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]

1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11.

2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20.

3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.

– Griev"ous*ly, adv.

– Griev"ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition