Both Uses of
grievous
in
The Idiot
- I repeat I dare say I have committed many a grievous sin in my day; but I cannot help always looking back upon this as the worst action I have ever perpetrated.†
Chpt 1.14 *
- But please don't let me keep anyone," she added suddenly to her husband and daughters, in a tone of resentment, as though they had grievously offended her.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
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(grievous) very serious; or very bad; or causing grief