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woefully
[woh-fuh-lee]
adverb
in a sad or miserable way.
More often than I care to remember, I’ve been stumped for suitable small talk and have ended up staring woefully into my drink.
to a particularly regrettable or unfortunate degree.
The treatments prescribed by this psychiatrist are at best woefully inadequate, and at worst, make the patients more disabled than when they started out.
Other Word Forms
- unwoefully adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of woefully1
Example Sentences
Cameron Green, who looked woefully out of his depth batting at three, will likely drop back down the order.
The use of police drones is “poised to explode,” leaving public regulation and transparency efforts in danger of being caught woefully behind, civil rights advocates warn.
Critics said the vetting of candidates was woefully inadequate and that some candidates had ties to organized crime or other ethical shortcomings.
"The social housing waiting list grows every year - yet once again, the budget for new social homes falls woefully short. It's less than half of what's needed to even begin reducing that list," he said.
“Los Angeles County is absolutely failing because our prisons and jails are woefully inadequate,” he said.
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