woefully

Definition of woefullynext

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Recent Examples of woefully Jayden Maiava had a terrible interception on a second quarter drive, then woefully underthrew a wide open receiver in the fourth quarter with a chance to salt away the game. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2026 However, hiring of CDC scientific staff and budget support for high-consequence pathogen programs are woefully slow and insufficient. — Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026 The most effective adaptation, by his reckoning, is ensuring that workers earn enough to protect themselves beyond the factory gates—a need highlighted by continuing protests over what many say is a woefully inadequate minimum wage. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 Even though people have been waiting for the robot takeover for more than a century, governments seem woefully unprepared for the coming of the androids by the millions or by the billions. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Doctors of the time were woefully unable to treat her—and their contemporaries were notoriously unkind about her condition. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 My career was insulted, and I was mocked for fumbling around while attempting to juice a pineapple with a woefully inadequate kitchen utensil. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 And some elements of it seem inarguably true, such as the idea that Clancy’s psychiatric care was woefully uncoordinated. — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026 In addition, many stations are woefully dirty and could use cleaning, repairs and a coat of paint. — Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for woefully
Adverb
  • Give me Miller Park (American Family Field nowadays, sadly) in the World Series all day long.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Sure, there will likely be, sadly but understandably, no new Gaga album or tour in the immediate future—but that doesn’t mean her personal style is going anywhere.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Nothing comes of it, of course, until months later, when Corinne sees the news that Kiberlain is taking to the Paris stage in a production of the very same play, and bitterly confronts her outside the theater.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the actor-director is trying to borrow a page from his bitterly funny David Fincher hit, Gone Girl (another kidnapping thriller, sort of), but Animals has none of that earlier picture’s wit or Grand Guignol extremes or gonzo structure.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.
    — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Conversations around racial caricature have evolved; what was edgy feels painfully passé.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Related Stories Those two forces, love and war, coexist painfully in what may be the most ambitious film of this year’s Oscar season.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

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“Woefully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woefully. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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