Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pitiably"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.
Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
{Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pitiably
adv : in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick
child cried pathetically" [syn: {pathetically}]
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