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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dol·or·ous a.
 1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
 You take me in too dolorous a sense;
 I spake to you for your comfort.   --Shak.
 2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
    Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion.   --Dr. H. More.
 -- Dol*or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol*or*ous*ness, n.
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