Meaning & use
woefully
To a regrettably great degree, or in a manner that expresses deep sorrow or misfortune.
See it in a sentence
The team was woefully unprepared for the sudden change in weather during the race.
She sighed woefully, describing how little progress the negotiations had actually made.
A note on using this word
Woefully most commonly intensifies a negative adjective, as in woefully inadequate or woefully underfunded, rather than describing literal crying.
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