Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable.]
   Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion;
   miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a
   pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness.

   Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. --
        {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv.

Source : WordNet®

pitiably
     adv : in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick
           child cried pathetically" [syn: {pathetically}]