Sorely

Definition: Sorely

Sorely

Adverb

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".

Date "sorely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonym: Sorely

Synonym: painfully (adv). (additional references)

Antonym: painlessly (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Difficulty	Reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss; (uncertain); at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois, driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out.
Greatness	Painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Sorely

English words defined with "sorely": Forbruise ♦ misunderstood ♦ try. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sorely": Insolvent ♦ looking ♦ Miser. (references)

Etymologies containing "sorely": Forbruise. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	And He who walks behind the rows did say; I will send outlanders amongst youa man and a woman, and these outlanders will be unbeleivers and profainers of the holy and the man will sorely test you. for he has great power, even greater than that of the blue man! (Children of the Corn; writing credit: George Goldsmith; Stephen King)
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Domain	Title
Books	Sorely Trying Day (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		However, many of the fears about creating excessive demand by offering community services have not been borne out by experience (Lawton et al., 1989). Indeed, an important question to be explored is why many supportive services for ADRD patients and their families, which some champion as sorely needed, often go underutilized. (references)
Business		Waste sludge accounts for 21.6% of Taiwan's industrial waste, and good technology to reduce volume and toxicity are sorely needed. (references)
		The need for this kind of administrative and management training is most acute in provincial areas, not only because these areas are sorely lacking in such expertise, but also because local officials in these areas will be steadily gaining in responsibility as the government's decentralization plan evolves over the next 10 years. (references)
Children	Nepal	Government policy is to provide free primary education for all children between the ages of 6 and 12 years, but the quality of education is sorely inadequate, many families cannot afford school supplies and clothing, and schools do not exist in all areas. (references)
Economic History	Rwanda	Trying this many suspects of genocide will tax Rwanda's resources sorely. (references)
	Ukraine	It has become apparent to investors that the country's foreign investment legislation is sorely lacking in predictability. (references)
Political Economy	Liberia	The U.S. and Liberia have a long-standing historical relationship that was sorely tested by the civil conflict, and the political violence, human rights abuses, and corruption that ensued. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	LOOKING-:GLASS:, n. A vitreous plane upon which to display a fleeting show for man's disillusion given. The King of Manchuria had a magic looking-glass, whereon whoso looked saw, not his own image, but only that of the king. A certain courtier who had long enjoyed the king's favor and was thereby enriched beyond any other subject of the realm, said to the king: "Give me, I pray, thy wonderful mirror, so that when absent out of thine august presence I may yet do homage before thy visible shadow, prostrating myself night and morning in the glory of thy benign countenance, as which nothing has so divine splendor, O Noonday Sun of the Universe!" Please with the speech, the king commanded that the mirror be conveyed to the courtier's palace; but after, having gone thither without apprisal, he found it in an apartment where was naught but idle lumber. And the mirror was dimmed with dust and overlaced with cobwebs. This so angered him that he fisted it hard, shattering the glass, and was sorely hurt. Enraged all the more by this mischance, he commanded that the ungrateful courtier be thrown into prison, and that the glass be repaired and taken back to his own palace; and this was done. But when the king looked again on the mirror he saw not his image as before, but only the figure of a crowned ass, having a bloody bandage on one of its hinder hooves -- as the artificers and all who had looked upon it had before discerned but feared to report. Taught wisdom and charity, the king restored his courtier to liberty, had the mirror set into the back of the throne and reigned many years with justice and humility; and one day when he fell asleep in death while on the throne, the whole court saw in the mirror the luminous figure of an angel, which remains to this day.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Sorely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sorely" is used about 180 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	180	23,046

Expression using "sorely": sorely needed. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "sorely": sorely-tried.
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Language		Translations for "sorely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shumë (amount, awful, awfully, badly, confoundedly, considerably, consumedly, damnably, dearly, deep, deuced, devilish, ever so, far, far and away, good few, greatly, heap, heartily, highly, jolly, largely, like mad, lot, lots of, lump, many, million, most, much, no end of, not a few, notedly, number, oodles, passing, passingly, Peck, poly-, precious, price, proceeds, quantum, quite, really, remarkably, scrip, so, sum, summation, thumping, too, tot, total, totality, umpteen, vastly, very, very much, widely), vështirë (onerously), rëndë (fatally, hard, heavily, mortally, onerously, plump, soundly). (various references)

Arabic		‏على نحو خطير (badly, severely), ‏بمرارة (grudgingly), ‏بعنف (bluntly, sharply, violently), ‏بخطورة (seriously). (various references)

Bulgarian		силно (audibly, fast, hard, heavily, high, highly, loud, loudly, mightily, slap, slap bang, strongly, thick, vigorously), тежко (badly, heavily, rough, severely, sore), много (almighty, amain, awfully, bally, deep, dozens, ever so, good deal, great deal, greatly, heartily, high, highly, hundreds, immensely, jolly, loads of, lot, lots of, many, mint, much, nice and, only too, passing, plenty, power, quantities, quantity, real, right, sight, simply, sopping, terrifically, thumping, to a large degree, to death, unco, unusually, vastly, very, very many, very much indeed), извънредно (amain, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, mightily, mortally, most, notably, only too, over, overly, overtime, passing, remarkably, supremely, terrifically, ultra-, unco, unusually, utterly, vastly), дълбоко (deep, deeply, inly, mortally). (various references)

Chinese		疼痛地. (various references)

Czech		tvrdì (hardly, harshly), tìžce (gravelly, hard, heavily, nastily, weightily), akutnì. (various references)

Farsi		بسیار (Abundant, All, Damn, Extra, Far, Galore, Lot, Manifold, Many, Much, Multifarious, Plenty, Precious, Somush, Sopping, Very), بسختی , بشدت (Extremely, Vengeful). (various references)

Finnish		kipeästi. (various references)

French		grièvement, gravement, grandement, fortement, amèrement. (various references)

German		schlimm (awful, bad, bad (worse, badly, evil, fatal, fatally, foully, grievous, ill, nastily, nasty, naughty, sad, serious, severe, sore, terrible, ugly, wicked, wickedly). (various references)

Greek		οδυνηρώσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מאו�" (extremely, greatly, highly, much, quite, so, stiff, super, surpassingly, very), ביותר (exceedingly, most, surpassingly, the most, too), באפן חמור, באפן א� וש. (various references)

Hungarian		súlyosan (grievously, heavily, onerously, to scathe). (various references)

Italian		molto (a great deal of, a great many, a great quantity of, a lot of, deep, extremely, far, far off, great, greatly, hard, heavily, highly, jolly, long, lots of, many, mighty, much, plenty, pretty, quite, sight, strongly, very, very much, widely), gravemente (seriously, severely), grandemente (badly, greatly), dolorosamente (keenly, painfully). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		い�"石 (annoying, fearfully, gingerly, hesitant, in swarms, irresolute, itching to do something, meteorite, sorely tempted). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		うずうず (itching to do something, sorely tempted). (various references)

Korean		아�"�게. (various references)

Pig Latin		orelysay

Portuguese		severamente (close, grievously, hardly, harshly, pointedly, roundly, severely, strictly), violentamente (amain, slap-bang, violently), intensamente (ripping), gravemente (gravelly, grievously, mortally, severely), extremamente (all, almighty, deeply, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, mightily, mighty, mortally, parlous, passing, plaguy, precious, rare, right, too, very, violently). (various references)

Russian		крайне (dooms, exceptionally interesting, extremely, the worst kind, utterly), мучительно (agonizingly, cruelly, grievously, poignantly, tormentingly), жестоко (cruelly, foully, violently, with a heavy hand). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		krajnje (blankly, extremely, supremely). (various references)

Spanish		muy (all over, awfully, greatly, hellish, highly, jolly, mighty, nice, precious, proper, quite, rattling, too, very, very much), mucho (a fat lot, a good deal, a great deal, a lot, a lot of, all the, badly, bags of, far, far and away, greatly, hard, heaps of, heavily, lot, lots of, much, not a few, oft, often, plenty of, sharply, significant, thick, very), gravemente (badly, gravely, grossly, nastily, seriously). (various references)

Swedish		svårt (badly, difficult, hard, severely), högt (aloud, heavily, high, loud, loudly, out, right, way). (various references)

Thai		อย่างมากมาย (copiously, enormously, exceedingly, largely, mighty). (various references)

Turkish		fena halde (badly, grossly, sore, unpleasantly), feci şekilde (sore, tragically, tragicly), şiddetle (amain, drastically, faithfully, forcibly, heavily, heavy, hot, keenly, lustily, roundly, severely, sharp, sore, strenuously, strong, strongly, violently), acılı bir biçimde, çok (a great number of, a lot, a whale of, a whale of a lot, abounding, abundant, acres and acres, affluent, ample, awfully, badly, big, bloody, countless, damned, darned, dead, deadly, deeply, enormously, ever so, exuberant, fair, fantastically, galore, good, greatly, heaps of, heartily, hearty, heavily, heavy, hell, hell of, helluva, highly, innumerable, jolly, largely, lavish, like hell, loads of, lot, lots of, many, molto, more, much, multi-, multitudinous, numerous, over, piping, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, plenty of, poly-, precious, pretty, prodigal, profuse, rank, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, so, some, spanking, strongly, such, thundering, tidy, too, umpteen, umpteenth, umptieth, vast, vastly, very, well, whaling, whopping). (various references)

Ukrainian		вкрай (amain, badly, dead, densely, enormously, horribly, in the extreme, real, really, thumping), жорстоко (cruelly, felly, ferociously, harshly, mercilessly, oppressively, outrageously). (various references)

Vietnamese		khẩn thiết, hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, dogged, enourmously, extremely, fault, frightfuly, grossly, half, halves, handle, highly, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, thoroughly, thundering, unco), đau đớn ác liệt vô cùng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Old English	450-1100	sare. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	EiV on diabouleuomenoi eloidoroun kai eneicon autw kurioi toxeumatwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sed exasperaverunt eum et iurgati sunt invideruntque illi habentes iacula
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But thei eggiden hym out, and streuen, and enuyden to hym, hauynge dartis.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	The shoters haue envyed him and chyde with him ad hated him
Jacobean English	1611	King James	The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 49, Verse 23
Cebuano	Ang mga magpapana nagpaguol kaniya, Ug nagpana kaniya, ug naggukod kaniya.
Croatian	Strijelci njega saletjeli, strijeljali ga, opljaèkali.
Danish	Bueskytter fejder imod ham, strides med ham, gør Angreb på ham,
Dutch	De schutters hebben hem wel bitterheid aangedaan, en beschoten, en hem gehaat;
Finnish	Jousimiehet hätyyttävät häntä, ampuvat ja ahdistavat häntä.
French	Ils l`ont provoqué, ils ont lancé des traits; Les archers l`ont poursuivi de leur haine.
German	Und wiewohl ihn die Schützen erzürnen und wider ihn kriegen und ihn verfolgen,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Musuh menyerang dengan sengit, mengejarnya dengan busur dan panah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Bahwa orang-orang pemanah telah menyusahi dia sangat dan dibetulinya akan dia dengan garangnya.
Italian	Lo hanno esasperato e colpito, lo hanno perseguitato i tiratori di frecce.
Korean	활 쏘 �" 자 가 그 를 학 대 하 며 그 를 쏘 며 그 를 군 박 하 였 으 나
Maori	I whakatupu kino nga kaikopere i a ia, i pere mai hoki, i kino hoki ki a ia:
Norwegian	Og de egger ham og skyter på ham, de forfølger ham - de pileskyttere.
Portuguese	Os flecheiros lhe deram amargura, e o flecharam e perseguiram,
Rumanian	Arcawii l-au aykyat, au aruncat sqgeyi, Wi l-au urmqrit cu ura lor.
Russian	ПЗПТЮБМЙ ЕЗП, Й УФТЕМСМЙ Й ЧТБЦ�"ПЧБМЙ ОБ ОЕЗП УФТЕМШ�"Щ,
Spanish	Los arqueros le causaron amargura; le fueron hostiles los flecheros.
Swedish	Bågskyttar oroa honom, de skjuta på honom och ansätta honom;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Sorely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dorelia, orely, Scorel, Serel, serele, sirel, sirey, Skrela, sobel, sogely, soral, sorbey, soreal, Sorella, Sorelle, Sorelli, soriel, sorle, sorul, sourey, srely, Stokeley, strelsy, suorey, sureley, surley, sworel. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "sorely" (pronounced sô"rlē)
3	-r l ē	austerely, barely, barley, cavalierly, Charley, Charlie, clearly, dearly, demurely, fairly, gnarly, hourly, merely, nearly, parley, poorly, prematurely, purely, rarely, securely, severely, sincerely, squarely, surely, unfairly, yearly.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-l-o-r-s-y"
	-1 letter: lores, loser, lyres, orles, oyers, roles, slyer, sorel, yores.
	-2 letters: eros, leys, lore, lory, lose, lyes, lyre, lyse, oles, ores, orle, oyer, oyes, rely, roes, role, rose, rosy, ryes, sloe, sole, sore, yore.
	-3 letters: els, ers, ley, lye, oes, ole, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, rye, sel, ser, sly, sol, soy, yes.
	-4 letters: el.
	Words containing the letters "e-l-o-r-s-y"
	+1 letter: elusory, erosely, leprosy, soberly, yodlers, yowlers.
	+2 letters: caloyers, coarsely, crousely, delusory, elytrous, flyovers, hoarsely, horsefly, hostelry, layovers, lobbyers, morosely, overlays, polymers, prostyle, protyles, pyrroles, ramosely, rimosely, rugosely, serology, slobbery, soldiery, somberly, sombrely, trolleys, urostyle, yodelers, yourself.
	+3 letters: allostery, claymores, cryolites, desultory, employers, foreplays, gargoyles, glycerols, horseplay, hydrogels, hydrolase, hydromels, hypergols, irksomely, kryolites, layperson, leprously, nervously, obscurely, obversely, onerously, operosely, overplays, playgoers, polyester, polypores, profusely, proselyte, prostyles, purposely, pyloruses, pyrolizes, pyrolyses, pyrolyzes, redeploys, reemploys, rhyolites, roseately, royalties, seriously, soldierly, southerly, strongyle, urostyles, verbosely, volleyers, yodellers.
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