'Pitifully' definitions:

Definition of 'pitifully'

adverb

To a pitiful degree; "wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"

From: GCIDE

Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic. [1913 Webster]
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11. [1913 Webster]
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. [1913 Webster]
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. [1913 Webster]
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. [1913 Webster] -- {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"i*ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]