American English pronunciation
How to pronounce sorely
IPA transcription: ['sɔɹli]
Pronunciation variants: ['sɔɹli]['sɚli]
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Adverb
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to a great degree
“I missed him sorely”
“we were sorely taxed to keep up with them”
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in or as if in pain
“she moved painfully forward”
“sorely wounded”
Usage examples
- Charles was sorely disappointed, but he was powerless to effect anything further.
- Charles was sorely disappointed, but he was powerless to effect anything further.
- Trying this many suspects of genocide will tax Rwanda's resources sorely.
- Three days later "Ohio" reached Put-in Bay with sorely needed fresh vegetables and meat.
- The former community was, he says, sorely oppressed by the covetous Cistercians.