He points out similar flaws, then adds woefully that "at this point it's all we have."
He sat there for a long time sipping dry martinis and looking woefully into the peanut dish.
He walked woefully up the stairs that led into the ship.
"I had better face the lion," he said woefully.
2Very badly; deplorably.
they performed woefully to lose 2–0
as submodifierpreparations proved woefully inadequate
Example sentencesExamples
The visitors' reply started woefully as they slid to 27 for 6 before James Key came on late to polish off the tail with 4 for 4.
The squad still looked woefully lacking in depth, with the defence looking especially fragile.
His pronouncement last week about condoms is the latest example of him seeming woefully out of touch.
Asked to describe the novel in 70 words or less, he failed woefully, speaking for several minutes before being informed that he had exceeded his word limit.
He ought to be wholeheartedly congratulated on this significant addition to a field of study that remains woefully in need of such an incisive and highly informed contribution.
Definition of woefully in US English:
woefully
adverbˈwoʊfəliˈwōfəlē
1In a manner expressing sorrow or misery.
she sighed woefully and walked out
David talks woefully of life
Example sentencesExamples
He walked woefully up the stairs that led into the ship.
He points out similar flaws, then adds woefully that "at this point it's all we have."
He sat there for a long time sipping dry martinis and looking woefully into the peanut dish.
Old Jan looks up and complains woefully.
"I had better face the lion," he said woefully.
2Very badly; deplorably.
they performed woefully to lose 2–0
as submodifierpreparations proved woefully inadequate
Example sentencesExamples
The squad still looked woefully lacking in depth, with the defence looking especially fragile.
His pronouncement last week about condoms is the latest example of him seeming woefully out of touch.
Asked to describe the novel in 70 words or less, he failed woefully, speaking for several minutes before being informed that he had exceeded his word limit.
He ought to be wholeheartedly congratulated on this significant addition to a field of study that remains woefully in need of such an incisive and highly informed contribution.
The visitors' reply started woefully as they slid to 27 for 6 before James Key came on late to polish off the tail with 4 for 4.