Sadly vs Woefully - What's the difference?
sadly | woefully |
In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
Unfortunately, sad to say.
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In a woeful manner.
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As adverbs the difference between sadly and woefully
is that sadly is in a sad manner; sorrowfully while woefully is in a woeful manner.sadly
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Adverb
(en-adv)Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea, passage=Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.}}
Usage notes
In sense of “unfortunately”, most often used either in the collocation “sadly mistaken” or as a (sentence adverb). See discussion of sentence modifiers at (hopefully) and (regretfully).Synonyms
* (in a sad manner) (l), (l), (l), (l) (various terms for particular shades of sadness) * (unfortunately) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)woefully
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Adverb
(en adverb)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- In a convulsion that has caught many in Brazil and beyond by surprise, waves of protesters denounced their leaders for dedicating so many resources to cultivating Brazil’s global image by building stadiums for international events, when basic services like education and health care remain woefully inadequate.
