| 单词 | sorely |
| 释义 | sorely (once / 769 pages) adv When something happens or is felt sorely, it occurs in an intense way. If you sorely miss your best friend after he moves to Hong Kong, you miss him a whole lot. You can say that assistance is sorely needed if your car breaks down by the side of the road, and if your grandparents' old farm house is starting to sag and lean to one side after years of not being cared for, you can describe it as sorely neglected. The adverb sorely is a bit old fashioned, but it's great for emphasizing the large degree to which something is true. WORD FAMILYsore: sorely, soreness, sorer, sores, sorest+/soreness: sorenesses USAGE EXAMPLESScot McCloughan’s toughest job of the offseason involves finding the most effective way to overhaul a defense that’s sorely lacking in talent. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) His eyes and his hands were failing him, and he sorely missed his partner of 60 years, Walter Caron, who died in 2009. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) "R.I.P. George Michael. You inspired many and your music will live on in the hearts of the community. You will be sorely missed x." BBC(Dec 26, 2016) 1adv to a great degree I missed him sorely we were sorely taxed to keep up with them 2adv in or as if in pain sorely wounded Syn|Ant painfully painlessly without pain |
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