What is the Latin word for grievously?

The usual Latin words for “grievously” are gravis, vehemēns, acerbus; also ācer, atrōx, foedus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“grievously” in Latin

gravisheavy; pregnant; troublesome, hard vehemēnsvery eager; impetuous, ardent, furious; vehement; emphatic acerbusharsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet marriageable; sharp, severe, bitter (i.e., extremely painful); rough, vi ācersharp, sour, bitter, pungent; keen, sharp, acute, sagacious; energetic, active, vigorous atrōxfierce, savage, bloody; heinous, cruel, severe; terrible, frightening, dreadful foedusfilthy, foul, disgusting, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible; disgraceful, vile, obscene, base,dolenterwith pain or sorrow, painfully terribilisfrightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible valdēvery, very much, exceedingly; strongly, vigorously, intensely

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

grievously

graviter: vehementer: acerbe: acriter: atrociter: foede or foedum in modum: dolenter [SYN. in GRIEVOUS]: terribilem or horrendum in modum (terribly). To be grievously ill, graviter aegrotare: to be grievously mistaken, valde or vehementer errare (☞ not toto caelo errare; Vid: “to be GREATLY mistaken.

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What is the Latin word for grievously?: The usual Latin words for “grievously” are gravis, vehemēns, acerbus; also ācer, atrōx, foedus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.