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very serious; or very bad; or causing grief
- 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.Chapter 29 (15% in)
- 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.Chapter 47 (26% in)
There are no more uses of "grievous" in Sense and Sensibility.
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