sorely

1. 1.

   to a great degree

   “I missed him sorely”

   “we were sorely taxed to keep up with them”
2. 2.

   in or as if in pain

   “she moved painfully forward”

   “sorely wounded”

   Synonymspainfully

Questions about sorely

What does sorely mean?

sorely means "to a great degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sorely?

sorely has 2 syllables: sore-ly. The stress falls on "sore". In IPA it is /ˈsɔɹli/.

What is another word for sorely?

Close synonyms include painfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.