'Pitiably' definitions:
Definition of 'pitiably'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically" [syn: pathetically, pitiably]
Definition of 'Pitiably'
From: GCIDE
- 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]