My children make pathetically sincere efforts to get up early.
Source: tatoeba (65550)
Pathetically
//pəˈθɛtɪkli//
Synonyms for "pathetically" (9 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
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Translations
8 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- патетично adv (in a pathetic manner)
- трогателно adv (in a pathetic manner)
Chukchi
1 entries- яйвачеты adv (in a pathetic manner)
French
1 entries- pathétiquement adv (in a pathetic manner)
Latin
1 entries- pathēticē adv (in a pathetic manner)
Russian
3 entries- жа́лостно adv (in a pathetic manner)
- тро́гательно adv (in a pathetic manner)
- умили́тельно adv (in a pathetic manner)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
We evolved pathetically from the fucking bacteria we once were!
Source: tatoeba (6836734)
Ziri's house is pathetically small like our own.
Source: tatoeba (10204279)
Beneath her mist of yellow hair her dark-grey eyes looked out pathetically, with the sort of pathos that means nothing in particular—the grace of an indefinite sorrow.
Source: tatoeba (11570923)
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