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[syn: pathetically, pitiably]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous.
[1913 Webster] -- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. --
Pit"i*a*bly, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pitiably
adv 1: in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick
child cried pathetically" [syn: pathetically,
pitiably]