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Examples of sorely in a Sentence
You will be sorely missed.
She provided some sorely needed help.
The house is sorely in need of paint.
He is sorely lacking in social skills.
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Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
But access to medical care has been sorely lacking since her family fled their home in northern Gaza at the start of Israel’s war with Hamas.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sorely. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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sorely
adverb
sore·ly
ˈsō(ə)r-lē 
ˈsȯ(ə)r-
: in a sore manner
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