Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Painfully; grievously.
 - adverb Extremely; greatly.
 
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sore manner; painfully; sadly; violently; severely; extremely.
 - Sore; sorrowful.
 
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sore manner; grievously; painfully.
 
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb   In a 
sore ordesperate manner. 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in or as if in pain
 - adverb to a great degree
 
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Examples
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"Oh, Teddy!" cries she, suddenly, covering her face with her hands, "at times, when I see certain flowers or hear some music connected with the olden days, my heart dies within me, -- I lose all hope; and then I miss you sorely, -- _sorely_."
Molly Bawn Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
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She knows that I came besides my business with Mr Austin, partly to try the pulse of the parties here about the reception of two Girls instead of one, and I find that Betsey Mothersole has been at home during their holidays and is going to day to school again sorely against her will.
Letter 254 2009
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The 'RINO arguments', as you put it is once again sorely misrepresented in you statement.
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Haiti will never become anything unless they get education ... a word sorely missing from this "news" story.
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The entire thing angers me enough that I remain sorely tempted to give the whole thing up and make it somebody else’s problem.
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What is it in Jesus Christ that calls the sorely-tempted one to Him?
Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord Bramwell Booth 1892
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Mr. Doherty contends that what we "sorely" need as a nation is Ayn Rand's "consistent, passionate, and even heroic defense of American freedom."
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In a 1919 study written by Harvard economics professor Robert F. Foerster, Italian immigrants were found to be sorely lacking the American work ethic.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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When every state is slashing social programs for the most vulnerable, this is a welcome, but sorely inadequate, assistance.
Pavlina R. Tcherneva: Women Want Jobs, Not Handouts Pavlina R. Tcherneva 2010
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When every state is slashing social programs for the most vulnerable, this is a welcome, but sorely inadequate, assistance.
Pavlina R. Tcherneva: Women Want Jobs, Not Handouts Pavlina R. Tcherneva 2010
 
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