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patheticly

patheticly is the archaic form of pathetically.

Meaning of 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

Forms of patheticly

comparativemore patheticly
superlativemost patheticly

Questions about patheticly

What is patheticly the archaic form of?
Patheticly is the archaic form of pathetically.

Words near patheticly in the dictionary

  1. patheticalness
  2. patheticism
  3. patheticisms
  4. pathetick
  5. patheticke
  6. patheticly
  7. patheticness
  8. pathetics
  9. pathetique
  10. pathetisad
  11. pathetism

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