|
|
Definition of Sorely
1. Adverb. To a great degree. "We were sorely taxed to keep up with them"
2. Adverb. In or as if in pain. "Sorely wounded"
Definition of Sorely
1. adv. In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
Definition of Sorely
1. Adverb. In a sore or desperate manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sorely
1. in a sore manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorely
Literary usage of Sorely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1910)
"This coming to their ears, they threatened to make me sorely repent of such words;
but I, who knew not what the colour of fear was, paid them little or no ..."
2. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"Boasting Baptist dismounted and the Beast disarmed and sorely wounded without
any carnal weapon,' London, 1650. 4. ' Sion's Enemy discovered' [1059]. ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"This was one of the most vexatious parts of our feudal tenures, and was never
perhaps more sorely felt, than in their last stage under the Tudor and Stuart ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"This coming to their ears, they threatened to make me sorely repent of such words;
but I, who knew not what the colour of fear was, paid them little or no ..."
Other Resources:
