(formal) very serious and often causing great pain or suffering:
He had been the victim of a grievous injustice.
grievously adverb:
grievously hurt / wounded
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is grievous a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, grievous is tagged as adjective.
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