[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lamentable \lam"entable\, a. l. lamentabilis: cf. f.
   lamentable.
   1. mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
      countenance. archaic "lamentable eye." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
      pitiable; regrettable; unfortunate; as, a lamentable
      misfortune, or error. "lamentable helplessness." --burke.
      1913 webster

   3. miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
      ridiculous sense. --bp. stillingfleet. --
      lam"entableness, n. -- lam"entably, adv.
      1913 webster
see also:
lam"entableness lam"entably 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

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