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

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Etymology

Adverb

pathetically (comparative more pathetically, superlative most pathetically)

In a pathetic manner; piteously.

Source: Wiktionary

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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.

PATHETICAL

Pa*thet"ic*al, a.

Definition: Pathetic. [R.] -- Pa*thet"ic*al*ly, adv.

– Pa*thet"ic*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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