PATHETICALLY

pathetically

(adverb) arousing scornful pity; “they had pathetically little money”; “it was pathetically bad”

pathetically, pitiably

(adverb) in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; “the sick child cried pathetically”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

pathetically (comparative more pathetically, superlative most pathetically)

In a pathetic manner; piteously.

Source: Wiktionary

PATHETIC

Pa*thet"ic, a. Etym: [L. patheticus, Gr. pathétique. See Pathos.]

1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. [Obs.]

2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story. "Pathetic action." Macaulay. No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic. E. Porter. Pathetic muscle (Anat.), the superior oblique muscle of the eye.

– Pathetic nerve (Anat.), the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye.

– The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions.