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Definition of "woefully" []

  • In a woeful manner. (adverb)

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Use "woefully" in a sentence
  • "But David Mondragon says the government can help his company and the auto sector in general by scrapping Ottawa's $300 scrappage program for older cars, which he calls woefully inadequate."
  • "And while the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been crowing over its record number of deportations, it's suspiciously mum when it comes to the record number of detainees that still languish in woefully mismanaged detention facilities."
  • "Pure exhilaration is in woefully short supply at the movies."