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    woefully
    /ˈwəʊfʊli/

    adverb

    • 1. in a manner expressing sorrow or misery: "she sighed woefully and walked out"
    • 2. very badly; deplorably: "they performed woefully to lose 2–0"

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  2. (of a bad situation) extremely; very: Medical resources were woefully inadequate during the emergency.

  3. 1. : full of woe : grievous. woeful prophecies. 2. : involving or bringing woe. 3. : lamentably bad or serious : deplorable. woeful ignorance. woefully. ˈwō-f (ə-)lē. adverb. woefulness. ˈwō-fəl-nəs. noun. Synonyms. aching. agonized. anguished. bemoaning. bewailing. bitter.

  4. Woefully definition: in a sad or miserable way. See examples of WOEFULLY used in a sentence.

  5. (of a bad situation) extremely; very: Medical resources were woefully inadequate during the emergency.

  6. When you do something in a way that expresses how very sad or mournful you feel, you do it woefully. You can also use this adverb for things that are done really badly, like your woefully sloppy cake decorations.

  7. (literary or formal) in a very sad way. ‘I’ll never see him again,’ she sighed woefully. Check pronunciation: woefully. Definition of woefully adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. Synonyms for WOEFULLY: sadly, bitterly, sorrowfully, painfully, hard, mournfully, sharply, grievously; Antonyms of WOEFULLY: blissfully, happily, joyously, joyfully, gladly, cheerfully, gleefully, merrily.