different between woefully vs mournfully

English

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

woefully (comparative more woefully, superlative most woefully)

In a woeful manner.
- 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "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.

mournful +? -ly

mournfully (comparative more mournfully, superlative most mournfully)

In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.
- 1836, Hans Christian Andersen (translated into English by Mrs. H. B. Paull in 1872), The Little Mermaid
  "Why have not we an immortal soul?" asked the little mermaid mournfully; "I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars."
- 1927, Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse, page 140
  The steamer itself had vanished, but the great scroll of smoke still hung in the air and drooped like a flag mournfully in valediction.

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