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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 woefully [ˈwəʊfəlɪ] adv (sadly, sigh, say) → tristemente; (deplorably, inadequate) → deplorabilmente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "Oh, of their rank, their condition"--she brought it woefully out. But she, too, grew pale and thin; and the nervous activity of the poor little hands and arms only emphasized the pitiful motionlessness of the once active little feet and legs now lying so woefully quiet under the blankets. He was a bright-eyed man, but woefully pined away, which was no more than natural, if, as some people affirmed, his ordinary diet was fog, morning mist, and a slice of the densest cloud within his reach, sauced with moonshine, whenever he could get it. |
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