woefully

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woefully

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From Middle English wofully, equivalent to woeful + -ly.

adverb more woefully · most woefully

In a woeful manner. to cry woefully
To an unfortunately great extent. woefully inadequate

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@misc{woefully_2026,
  title = {woefully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/woefully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}