1
as in sadly
with feelings of bitterness or grief
our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed
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2
as in terribly
to a great degree
completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat
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Recent Examples of sorely
To restore the electricity in Chase Center, which has been sorely missing — though there was a full house on Wednesday in order to see the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama.
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Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026
The Oilers are 6-3-1 in their last 10, but superstar Leon Draisaitl is still sorely missed.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
But the defense is where the depth is sorely lacking.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The market has quickly changed direction repeatedly, leaving some people sorely disappointed.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026
The Oilers are 6-3-1 in their last 10, but superstar Leon Draisaitl is still sorely missed.
—Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
But the defense is where the depth is sorely lacking.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
The market has quickly changed direction repeatedly, leaving some people sorely disappointed.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sorely
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Raffles London at The OWO’s interiors impresario Thierry Despont sadly died this summer, before the final unveiling of his oeuvre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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But, this is sadly a highly attractive spot for dirt, dust, and dead bugs to collect.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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The new Attorney General is apt to be just as destructive as Bondi—maybe even more so, given that Bondi, who had little familiarity with the federal legal system, was not terribly effective in the job.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In his absence was a grievance fest about a nation heading terribly off course, with foes at every turn to defy the greatness for which MAGA yearns.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Tesla , whose founder and CEO Elon Musk complained bitterly about the impact, has seen his stock soar nearly 35% in that period.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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Generational and ideological battle lines were drawn; perhaps most bitterly, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and aligned super political action committees spent $7 million in this district alone.—
David Daley,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Even if well-intentioned, this kind of unsolicited feedback can be extremely frustrating and even hurtful.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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After the family moved to America, Crockett was diagnosed with the extremely rare syndactyly-telecanthus-anogenital and renal malformations syndrome, or STAR syndrome, which impacts different parts of the body.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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In the midst of the conversion, a board member named Holden Karnofsky objected to it, arguing that the nonprofit was being severely undervalued.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Tehran now relies heavily on its Shahed drones, with its missile production and launch capacity severely diminished.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Reaching for Miranda's hand, Greta is painfully aware of how unmanicured and rough her nails are.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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After walking for just a few minutes, their legs would painfully freeze up, as if turning to rock — an agony no doctor could explain.—
Alexandra Sifferlin,
STAT,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Rams desperately need some field-stretching speed and explosiveness.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic tried desperately to contain the fallout after exposing the source code.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Sorely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sorely. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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