sorely
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
Sorely means very much or greatly, so that it hurts or matters a lot: sorely tempted, sorely puzzled. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means painfully or deeply, as in Isaiah, where nations are in pain at Tyre's fall. Interpretation: Isaiah's prophecies against nations teach that God judges all peoples, not only Israel. In the primary lessons: (formal or old) in stories, a strong feeling such as puzzlement, temptation or sadness is shown by saying «sorely» before the feeling
examples
- When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. (Prophets ISA.23.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken. (Prophets ISA.16.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- The captain of the guard was sorely puzzled. tree →
- I was sorely tempted to eat the last biscuit. tree →
- Her feet were sorely tired after the long walk. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sorely» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.