Both Uses of
grievous
in
Sense and Sensibility
- I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn.†
Chpt 29 *grievous = very serious; or very bad
- His demands and your inexperience together, on a small, very small income, must have brought on distresses which would not be the LESS grievous to you, from having been entirely unknown and unthought of before.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief