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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. to a great degree;
- Example: "I missed him sorely"
- Example: "we were sorely taxed to keep up with them"

2. in or as if in pain;
- Example: "she moved painfully forward"
- Example: "sorely wounded"
[syn: painfully, sorely]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sorely \Sore"ly\, adv. In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sorely adv 1: to a great degree; "I missed him sorely"; "we were sorely taxed to keep up with them" 2: in or as if in pain; "she moved painfully forward"; "sorely wounded" [syn: painfully, sorely] [ant: painlessly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorely": abominably, agonizingly, awfully, baldly, balefully, bitterly, blatantly, brashly, confoundedly, cruelly, damnably, deadly, deathly, deplorably, deucedly, distressfully, distressingly, dolorously, dreadfully, egregiously, excessively, excruciatingly, exorbitantly, extravagantly, flagrantly, frightfully, grievously, hardly, harrowingly, heartbreakingly, hellishly, horribly, improperly, inexcusably, infernally, inordinately, intolerably, keenly, lamentably, miserably, nakedly, openly, painfully, pathetically, piteously, pitiably, rancorously, ruefully, sadly, shatteringly, shockingly, something awful, something fierce, staggeringly, terribly, torturously, unashamedly, unbearably, unconscionably, unduly, unpardonably, woefully