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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion;
- Example: "the sick child cried pathetically"
[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]