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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]