wofully
- a variation of woefully.
Example Sentences
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And doing what I now looked upon as folly, noxious folly, out of no taste of my own, but merely to gratify him, it all grew wofully irksome to me.
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Mabel agitated; Lucy frightened and silent; and the rest tired and wofully cross.
From Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel by Newby, Emma
I am too serious for gallantry; and thou hast wofully erred, if thou hast classed me amongst such men.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
Like all weak natures, he could be wofully obstinate at times in the wrong place.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
Nothing is more refreshing than this active, disinterested sense of the real; it is doubtless the quality for the want of more of which our English and American fiction has turned so wofully stale.
From Views and Reviews by James, Henry
