You will be sorely missed.
She provided some sorely needed help.
The house is sorely in need of paint.
He is sorely lacking in social skills.
Recent Examples on the WebThat’s raising the prospect new equity winners will emerge soon enough like energy and small caps — two sectors that have sorely lagged the American market’s frenetic rally over the past year.—Justina Lee, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024 Sandra Day O’Connor’s deciding centrist vote is sorely missed on today’s polarized court.—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024 That’s something Bengaluru, with 5,600 traffic police who have to keep an eye on more than 10 million vehicles across 13,000 kilometers of road, sorely needs.—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2024 And Brackenbury says additional renovations are sorely needed.—Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024 The site is sorely needed, according to officials: The city’s housing needs assessment in 2020 found that Sedona had an unfulfilled need for 1,260 affordable housing units.—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024 An invasion would shut down that effort or at least put it at grave risk at the moment it is most sorely needed, Sullivan said.—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2024 And the world-premiere comedy, running through April 7, is the first Latine commission in the 100-year history of the Tony-winning Pasadena Playhouse — a landmark worth celebrating, though sorely overdue for a Los Angeles theater company.—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024 Thankfully, the London Dungeon act will have the rehearsals and resources Willy’s Chocolate Experience sorely lacked — outraged parents called the police and demanded refunds once the pop-up was shut down.—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of sorely was
before the 12th century
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