What's the difference between sadly and woefully?

Sadly


Definition:

  • (adv.) Wearily; heavily; firmly.
  • (adv.) Seriously; soberly; gravely.
  • (adv.) Grievously; deeply; sorrowfully; miserably.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) She loved us and we loved her.” “We would have loved to have had a little grandchild from her,” she says sadly.
  • (2) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
  • (3) Sadly, the bullet will not only kill off Greece’s future in Europe.
  • (4) Calum MacLean, Grangemouth Petrochemicals chairman, says, “This is a hugely sad day for everyone at Grangemouth.
  • (5) Sadly, the Jewish fanatic who assassinated Rabin in 1995 achieved his broader aim of derailing the peace train.
  • (6) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
  • (7) I watched as she made the briefest eye contact with me on their way back, the flicker of hurt and sadness in her eyes reflecting mine, before the shutters came down.
  • (8) Only at 3 days did total plasma volume of SAD rats show a modest reduction of about 16% (P less than 0.05 vs. sham-operated plus unoperated controls).
  • (9) These sad numbers show that more Washington spending, threats of higher taxes on small businesses, and excessive government regulations don't create a healthy environment for job growth," Boehner said.
  • (10) Thirty-two nursing students were shown silent films in which 10 normal and 10 schizophrenic women described a happy, sad, and an angry personal experience.
  • (11) World Wildlife Fund Great Barrier Reef campaigner Richard Leck said it was a sad day for the reef and anyone who cared about its future.
  • (12) It is so sad, we don’t let her go out even if the weather is nice,” he says.
  • (13) During interviews, married couples experiencing infertility reported emotional reactions such as sadness, depression, anger, confusion, desperation, hurt, embarrassment, and humiliation.
  • (14) Half of the rats in each group had SAD surgery 1 week prior to study.
  • (15) There’s an overwhelming sadness among kids like that who have been kept there for a very long time.
  • (16) It is sadly slightly the territory we have inherited,” he said.
  • (17) In a statement the family said they were left "extremely sad and disappointed" by the verdicts: "We appreciate the work and effort over the years since events on Broadwater Farm that night in trying to bring people to justice.
  • (18) Moreover, no differences were found in abnormal lung function patients with and those without SAD in demographic, clinical, roentgenologic, and serologic features and results of pulmonary function tests.
  • (19) It is sad that the BBC chose to give Nick Griffin a platform.
  • (20) The only thing I'd say is that I know, from people who've told me firsthand, that sadly mixed marriages can be a bit conflicted on everyday issues.

Woefully


Definition:

  • (adv.) Alt. of Wofully

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The palace and the politicians expect a smooth succession to the reign of Charles III, even though he is a man who has spent his life demonstrating how woefully unqualified he is to be a constitutional king.
  • (2) Overall, the steps taken so far are woefully insufficient.” In November the Qatari ministry of labour issued a statement saying it was doing everything possible to improve working conditions.
  • (3) Bercow accused Hammond of a "woefully inadequate" and "utterly incompetent" performance after the shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy , was forced to respond to a statement with no idea about which bases would close.
  • (4) The Nottingham Forest defender Kelvin Wilson was the unfortunate player, hopelessly miskicking an attempted clearance of Allan Nyom’s cross, enabling Ighalo to drive in his 15th goal of the season, but it was that sort of match: high on effort but woefully low on quality and goalmouth incident, until a final frantic few minutes.
  • (5) Arsenal need to play high, and he is woefully unable to play as part of a trap, or at least he has been this season.
  • (6) At least one analysis , from the left-leaning Center for American Progress, found the Republican plan would fall woefully short in providing coverage to individuals with preexisting conditions.
  • (7) Or its decision to limit Ofcom’s investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s Sky bid to the woefully inadequate 40 days.
  • (8) Funding shortages Other local bodies appear woefully unprepared.
  • (9) Decades of woefully inadequate information and communications technology curriculums in secondary schools have left academia perpetually five years (at least) behind the workplace, and they're only now trying to make up the ground.
  • (10) The force is woefully short of looking like the city it serves, and London’s ethnic minority population is 40% and forecast to grow.
  • (11) They set an export target of £1 trillion by 2020, but they are falling woefully short, and the latest figures show our balance of payments deficit is the highest on record.
  • (12) They also warn that too much of the NHS's infrastructure and practices are woefully unprepared for the growing numbers of frail elderly people and those with at least one long-term condition.
  • (13) Current systems for delivery of mental health services to children and adolescents are woefully inefficient, inadequate, and fragmented.
  • (14) A few minutes later, when the document was finally distributed among MPs, the speaker said: "The administration of this matter has been woefully inadequate and, frankly, utterly incompetent.
  • (15) But if I stay here, it’s just like my country … I need to go to Europe.” Risking death in the Mediterranean: the least bad option for so many migrants Read more In Misrata, a major Libyan port, coastguards told the Guardian that the smuggling trips would continue to rise because Libyan officials were woefully under-resourced.
  • (16) Public healthcare and education, in particular, remained woefully underfunded.
  • (17) With talented but underachieving home players including, most notably, the woefully disappointing Gini Wijnaldum once again failing to make the desired impact, it was left to the outstanding Matt Ritchie and his Bournemouth team-mates to leave McClaren’s immediate future shrouded in considerable uncertainty.
  • (18) The payments scheme, which NHS England has introduced to increase woefully low levels of dementia diagnosis, has been condemned as “odious” and “an intellectual and ethical travesty”.
  • (19) Rather, the minerals industry seeks only to create a more streamlined process in meeting environmental outcomes through the removal of unnecessary and costly duplication.” But this argument has been challenged by WWF , which attacks industry justification for the move as being based upon “woefully inadequate economics”.
  • (20) The group, which won a ruling against the government in the supreme court over its failures on air pollution last year, says the environment department’s recently published plans to cut pollutants fall “woefully short” of what the court ordered.

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