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Definition
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief
- Wherein, O wretched company, were ye all deceived for that was the voice of the god that was in a very grievous rage that he would presently lift his arm up and spill their souls for their abuses and their spillings done by them contrariwise to his word which forth to bring brenningly biddeth.Episode 14 — Oxen Of The Sun (29% in)
There are no more uses of "grievous" in Ulysses by James Joyce.
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