pathetically

Adverb

pathetically (comparative more pathetically, superlative most pathetically)

1. In a pathetic manner; piteously.
   • Young, pretty, an orphan — and under such circumstances, she told her weeping tale so pathetically, so mildly, and so unhatingly towards the prisoners at the bar, that all admired, praised, loved her.1838, Littell's Spirit of the Magazines and Annuals, page 486
   • The sails were split, the mainyard shivered, the wind blowing fresh, the night setting in; and all our chance was to make for Corfu--or, as F. pathetically called it, 'a watery grave.'1880, John Nichol, Byron