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woe·ful·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefullyadverb

    in an unfortunate or deplorable manner

    "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"

Wiktionary

  1. woefullyadverb

    In a woeful manner.

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  1. woefully

    Woefully is an adverb that means in a manner expressing sorrow, regret, or distress. It can also refer to something being inadequate or unsatisfactory to a great degree.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Woefullyadverb

    alt. of Wofully

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of woefully in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of woefully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of woefully in a Sentence

  1. Scott Walker:

    Hillary Clinton is woefully out of touch with mainstream America.

  2. Refugees Antonio Guterres:

    There can be no doubt left after this week's events that Europe's Operation Triton is a woefully inadequate replacement for Italy's Mare Nostrum.

  3. Larry Kramer:

    (There is) very bad news that we discovered that NIH (the National Institutes of Health) is woefully behind on researching AIDS which is...shocking.

  4. Charles Lenchner:

    I may not survive this, i am woefully out of shape.

  5. Bay County Sheriff Frank McKeithen:

    It was woefully inadequate.

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