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[ UK /sˈɔːli/ ]
[ US /ˈsɔɹɫi/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in or as if in pain
    sorely wounded
    she moved painfully forward
  2. to a great degree
    we were sorely taxed to keep up with them
    I missed him sorely

How To Use sorely In A Sentence

  • But when she spots a tin of cash lying around, she is sorely tempted to commit a dastardly act. The Sun
  • If you're expecting Dad to let you borrow his car, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
  • Helgi hath me hitherward sent to say to thee, Sváva, these words: he longeth sorely to see thee, ere the bold baron's breath have left him.
  • The Naval Air Corps was then in its infancy and sorely needed a strong leader and champion.
  • I was sorely tempted to deck him, just to make certain he knew I wasn't batting on the same side as he was.
  • Today, the once-grand streets are characterized by decaying HMOs, sorely in need not just of redecoration but more fundamental repair.
  • Now, Labour is sorely divided too, but success and power tend to concentrate minds, at least for a while.
  • To believe that its catalog is merely a backward extension of Farrar's solo career is to sorely underestimate the essentialness of the three other musicians who made up the band.
  • He had admitted before the kick-off that his Achilles heel is sorely troubling him and that 70% is the best he can now deliver.
  • The net effect is to restore my overall elan and joie-de-vivre, two quantities which are sorely waning at times like these.
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