grievously

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Recent Examples of grievously The fact that Nixon dodged impeachment and was exonerated of all legal wrongdoing by his successor Gerald Ford’s pardon left the adjudication of war-powers authority a grievously unfinished piece of civic business. Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grievously
Adverb
  • Joe Garcia spoke bitterly about the decline of governance on both sides of the Straits of Florida.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the start of the season, the Braves lost seven in a row, setting the tone for a bitterly disappointing campaign.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Liver surgery followed and more chemotherapy but sadly the cancer has continued to spread.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The film and book's title, as Abbott explained on Zoom ahead of the film's release, expresses their unique world—one that sadly wasn’t built to last.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • My day in court is painfully overdue.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Previously, the story followed Zagreus, the painfully cool son of Hades who spent his days making a break for the surface world to escape the overbearing grip of his father.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Grievously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grievously. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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