piteously

adv

Etymology: From Middle English piteuously, pitously; equivalent to piteous + -ly.

1. In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.

   “He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle, who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step.”

   “Across her mind, and bowing over him, Low to her own heart piteously she said:”