pathetically
In a pathetic manner; piteouslyIn a pathetic manner; piteously.
Recorded US: Speaker: Neøn Recorder: Neøn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Ziri's house is pathetically small like our own.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesIn a pathetic manner; piteously.
жа́лостноžálostno, тро́гательноtrógatelʹno, умили́тельноumilítelʹno
in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion
Examples
3 sentencesZiri's house is pathetically small like our own.
My children make pathetically sincere efforts to get up early.
We evolved pathetically from the fucking bacteria we once were!
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
more pathetically, most pathetically| Comparative | more pathetically Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most pathetically |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion:pitiably
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.