Both Uses of
grievous
in
Great Expectations
- As she applied herself to set the tea-things, Joe peeped down at me over his leg, as if he were mentally casting me and himself up, and calculating what kind of pair we practically should make, under the grievous circumstances foreshadowed.†
Chpt 2 *
- That she had done a grievous thing in taking an impressionable child to mould into the form that her wild resentment, spurned affection, and wounded pride found vengeance in, I knew full well.†
Chpt 49
Definition:
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(grievous) very serious; or very bad; or causing grief