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woefully

adverb as in sorely

adverb as in sorely

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The newly free country struggled to maintain order in the wake of independence, but it was woefully unprepared.

His last words, or so they say, were woefully self-indulgent: “Why me, Johnny Lazia, who has been the friend of everybody?”

The penniless Pieret announced his intentions of stealing more art from the woefully guarded Louvre to make more money.

That is woefully short of what ISIS needs, and they know it.

We Americans are so woefully unaware when it comes to the history, and the specifics.

In 1864 the railway was in a very bad condition, wretchedly run down, and woefully mismanaged.

The bag, too, began to seem woefully full, and her stomach correspondingly empty.

You imagine you have married a creature endowed with reason: you are woefully mistaken, my friend.

He knows the British dislike of boasting, and that the American and the Britisher are woefully trusting.

The papers seem to be woefully wrought up over the financial rating of Mr. Harry Lehr.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to woefully, such as: acutely, badly, greatly, sadly, severely, and painfully.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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