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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grievous/ˈɡriːvəs/

▶adjective formal (of something bad) very severe or serious.

– derivatives
grievously adverb,
grievousness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. greveus, from grever (see grieve1).

'grievous' also found in these Oxford entries:

actual bodily harm - GBH - grievous bodily harm

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