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# sorely

«sorely» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very much or greatly, so that it hurts or matters a lot:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Sorely means very much or greatly, so that it hurts or matters a lot: sorely tempted, sorely puzzled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means painfully or deeply, as in Isaiah, where nations are in pain at Tyre's fall. Interpretation: Isaiah's prophecies against nations teach that God judges all peoples, not only Israel. In the primary lessons: (formal or old) in stories, a strong feeling such as puzzlement, temptation or sadness is shown by saying «sorely» before the feeling

### examples

- When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. (Prophets ISA.23.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#x1)
- Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken. (Prophets ISA.16.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#x2)
- The captain of the guard was sorely puzzled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#x3)
- I was sorely tempted to eat the last biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#x4)
- Her feet were sorely tired after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [When the report cometh to Egypt, they shall be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.473/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sorely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sorely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.