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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Woeful  \Woe"ful\,  Woful  \Wo"ful\,  a. 
  1.  Full  of  woe;  sorrowful;  distressed  with  grief  or  calamity; 
  afflicted;  wretched;  unhappy;  sad. 
 
  How  many  woeful  widows  left  to  bow  To  sad  disgrace! 
  --Daniel. 
 
  2.  Bringing  calamity,  distress,  or  affliction;  as  a  woeful 
  event;  woeful  want 
 
  O  woeful  day!  O  day  of  woe!  --Philips. 
 
  3.  Wretched;  paltry;  miserable;  poor. 
 
  What  woeful  stuff  this  madrigal  would  be!  --Pope. 

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