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woefully

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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.

woeful·ly adv.
woeful·ness n.
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Adv.1.woefully - in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate"
Translations
woefully [ˈwəʊfəlɪ] ADV
1. (= lamentably) the level of funding is woefully inadequateel nivel de financiación es de una insuficiencia lamentable or deplorable
he is woefully out of touch with public opinionestá lamentablemente desconectado de la opinión pública
to be woefully short of sthandar sumamente escaso de algo
2. (liter) (= sadly) → tristemente
she shook her head woefullysacudió la cabeza afligidasacudió 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
advkläglich, 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 somethingjdm/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


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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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