a. [ Cf. OF. pitiable, F. pitoyable. ] Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See Piteous. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- Pit"i*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pit"i*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]