grievously

1. 1.

   in a grievous manner

   “the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival”

Questions about grievously

What does grievously mean?

grievously means "in a grievous manner".

How many syllables are in grievously?

grievously has 3 syllables: grie-vou-sly. The stress falls on "grie". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹivəsli/.

Is grievously a common word?

grievously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.