All 3 Uses of
grievous
in
1776, by McCullough
- At Boston, he and William Howe had been continuously at odds, and he had failed most grievously (in his mind) to convince Howe to seize Dorchester Heights before the rebels did.†
p. 164.9 *
- To Montresor there was no question that Howe should have pressed the attack and that to have failed to do so was a grievous mistake.†
p. 195.1grievous = very serious; or very bad
- If there was a grievous flaw in how things were being run, it was the "stupid parsimony" of the Congress.†
p. 203.0
Definition:
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief