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    Sorry , a. [Compar. Sorrier ; superl. Sorriest.] [OE. sory, sary, AS. sārig, fr. sār, n., sore. See Sore, n. & a. The original sense was, painful; hence, miserable, sad.]
    1. Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly often used to express deeper feeling. “I am sorry for my sins.”  
      Piers Plowman.

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      Ye were made sorry after a godly manner.
      2 Cor. vii. 9.

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      I am sorry for thee, friend; 't is the duke's pleasure.
      Shak.

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      She entered, were he lief or sorry.
      Spenser.

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    2. Melancholy; dismal; gloomy; mournful.
      Spenser.

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      All full of chirking was this sorry place.
      Chaucer.

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    3. Poor; mean; worthless; as, a sorry excuse. “With sorry grace.”  
      Chaucer.

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      Cheeks of sorry grain will serve.
      Milton.

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       Good fruit will sometimes grow on a sorry tree.
      Sir W. Scott.

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      Syn. -- Hurt; afflicted; mortified; vexed; chagrined; melancholy; dismal; poor; mean; pitiful.
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