# woefully

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #32,251

## Definitions
1. In a woeful manner
2. To an unfortunately great extent.

## Etymology
From Middle English wofully, equivalent to woeful + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **woeful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woeful-vs-woefully)
- **wilfully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilfully-vs-woefully)

## Common misspellings (10)
`owefully`, `weofully`, `woeffully`, `woefluly`, `woefullyy`, `woefuly`, `woefulyl`, `woeuflly`, `wofeully`, `wwoefully`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/woefully