SO'RELY, adverb [from sore.]
1. With violent pain and distress; grievously; greatly; as, to be sorely pained or afflicted.
2. Greatly; violently; severely; as, to be sorely pressed with want; to be sorely wounded.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.