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Meanings of
woefully
in English
Portuguese
lamentavelmente
Back to the meaning
In an unfortunate or deplorable manner.
sadly
lamentably
deplorably
Portuguese
lamentavelmente
In a sorrowful, woeful, mournful manner.
mournfully
sorrowfully
Synonyms
Examples for "
mournfully
"
mournfully
sorrowfully
Examples for "
mournfully
"
1
He shook his head
mournfully
;
memories in the Filberts are mercifully short.
2
In the night the wind increased, and howled
mournfully
round the house.
3
The katydids gathered in the sweet rose-bushes about me and sung
mournfully
.
4
The waves sounded
mournfully
;
everything seemed to have changed since the morning.
5
I turned
mournfully
upon the crowd, and asked in a plaintive tone:-
1
He looked at her gravely for a minute and then said
sorrowfully
:
-
2
The rose-garden was empty; and she came back
sorrowfully
to say so.
3
Unfortunately and
sorrowfully
,
I remembered being programmed to drive children to Neil's.
4
It stood nodding its head
sorrowfully
at a good-by in the snow.
5
Hal was silent for a moment; then he said, slowly and
sorrowfully
:
Usage of
woefully
in English
1
Thus Coop's freedom to hold morally admirable but
woefully
underpaid aid jobs.
2
Yet we must remain concerned that these figures are still
woefully
low.
3
The energistic effect downgraded their electronic systems to a
woefully
inferior state.
4
I imagine you already know how
woefully
I have missed the point.
5
I'm simply saying that the priorities of our people are
woefully
misplaced.
6
She also said the city was also
woefully
lacking in parenting spaces.
7
These rules are
woefully
out of step with an increasingly pluralist population.
8
And they are
woefully
understaffed in their understanding of what's actually happening.
9
She was
woefully
pale; scarcely able to bear the increase of light.
10
The Honda power unit has been
woefully
uncompetitive with McLaren this season.
11
Then the door slammed, and they gazed
woefully
upon the deserted table.
12
Which is why Al's sudden change of policy caught them
woefully
unprepared.
13
The poor old Squire-notthe wisest of men-has
woefully
mismanaged his estate.
14
There was a test tomorrow in geometry and Bean was
woefully
unprepared.
15
The security training Widestar put all their pilots through seemed
woefully
insufficient.
16
He is
woefully
underequipped to handle the subtle difficulties of human communication.
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woefully
Adverb
Frequent collocations
woefully inadequate
woefully unprepared
woefully short
woefully ignorant
say woefully
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Translations for
woefully
Portuguese
lamentavelmente
deploravelmente
Woefully
through the time
Woefully
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common