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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 lamentably
 (ad.)可歎地;可憐地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lam·en·ta·ble a.
 1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable countenance. [Archaic] “Lamentable eye.”
 2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful; pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error. “Lamentable helplessness.”
 3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or ridiculous sense.
 -- Lam*en*ta*ble*ness, n. -- Lam*en*ta*bly, adv.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 lamentably
      adv : in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly
            neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably,
             sadly, woefully]