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Read the sentence from Chapter 11.

"The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me, until, grlevously bruised by stones and many
other kinds of missile weapons, l escaped to the open country and fearfully took refuge in a low hovel, quite
bare, and making a wretched appearance after the palaces I had beheld in the village."
What does the word grievously mean in this context?
slightly
seriously
mistakenly
roughly

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In this context the word grievously bruises would mean seriously bruised
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