woefullyadverb
uk/ˈwəʊ.fəl.i/us/ˈwoʊ.fəl.i/used to emphasize how bad a situation is:
The safety precautions taken by large resort hotels are often woefully inadequate for the number of people who stay there.
The school's textbooks are woefully out of date.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- corrosive
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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