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pathetically

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12 lettersPronunciation /pəˈθɛtɪkli/Part of speech adverbSorted aacehillpttyStarts with PEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. arousing scornful pity

Word origin

From pathetic + -ally.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.'
  • Well, before you have to ask and get all blushy again, I'll take you home, since you're so pathetically without wheels.

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