woefully
adverb
in a sad or miserable way.
wofully
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a variation of
woefully.
Example Sentences
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They rushed at him, but he perceiving, and endeavouring to avoid them, fell into a bush, which scratched him most wofully, and in the fray lost his cap and sword.
From Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees
Helen drooped, it is true, and looked wofully pale; but she seldom complained at all, and if she did, he heard her not.
From The Vicar of Wrexhill by Mrs Trollope
Another name which wofully belies its origin is Tremble, for, of the two words of which it is composed, one signifies steadfast or firm, and the other signifies valiant or bold.
From Surnames as a Science by Robert Ferguson
It was a singularly fascinating sight, though wofully uncanny.
From Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Yet he was wofully uncertain as to just what were the things he had to consider.
From The Tigress by Anne Warner
