sorely
Adverb
Meaning
In a sore manner; grievously; painfully; as, to be sorely afflicted.
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If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary on the White House backyard come Wednesday.
O suffering, sad humanity O ye afflicted ones, who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried.
Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance.
Reliable data on the outsourcing of American jobs is sorely missing from the debate on globalization.
when we are weary, we speak lovingly of dreams as if they embodied our true deisres-What we WOULD have when that which we DO have so sorely disappoints us.
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.