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Woeful vs Sorrowingly - What's the difference?

woeful | sorrowingly |

As an adjective woeful

is full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.

As an adverb sorrowingly is

while sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.

woeful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
    • How many woeful widows left to bow / To sad disgrace! — Daniel.
  • Bringing calamity, distress, or affliction.
    • a woeful event
    a woeful lack of restraint
  • wretched; paltry; poor
    • What woeful stuff this madrigal would be! — Pope.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    sorrowingly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • While sorrowing; sorrowfully, woefully.