woefully

woe·ful also wo·ful  (wfl)

adj.

1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful.

2. Causing or involving woe.

3. Deplorably bad or wretched: woeful treatment of the accused; woeful errors in judgment.

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woeful·ly adv.

woeful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

woefully - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" deplorably, lamentably, sadly

Translations

woefully [ˈwəʊfəlɪ] ADV

1. (= lamentably) the level of funding is woefully inadequate → el nivel de financiación es de una insuficiencia lamentable or deplorable
he is woefully out of touch with public opinion → está lamentablemente desconectado de la opinión pública
to be woefully short of sth → andar sumamente escaso de algo

2. (liter) (= sadly) → tristemente
she shook her head woefully → sacudió la cabeza afligida → sacudió la cabeza tristemente

woefully [ˈwəʊfʊli] adv

(= sadly) [say, look] → tristement

(= terribly) [inadequate, inappropriate, understaffed] → cruellement
to be woefully short of sth → manquer cruellement de qch

woefully

adv → kläglich, jämmerlich; (= very) → bedauerlich; he is woefully ignorant of … → es ist bestürzend, wie wenig er über … weiß; he discovered they were woefully ignorant of … → er stellte zu seiner Bestürzung fest, wie wenig sie über … wussten; somebody/something is woefully short of or lacking in something → jdm/einer Sache (dat) → fehlt es bedauerlicherweise an etw (dat)

woefully [ˈwəʊfəlɪ] adv (sadly, sigh, say) → tristemente; (deplorably, inadequate) → deplorabilmente