it's a pity, what a shame, sorry
to feel sorry for, to pity
pitifully, pathetically
touchingly, endearingly, sweetly, pitifully
pitifully, mournfully, plaintively, sadly
Она жалостно попросила денег на дорогу.
She asked pitifully for money for the journey.
Ребёнок жалостно плакал в углу комнаты.
The child was crying pitifully in the corner of the room.
Маленький тюленёнок жалобно пищал.
The little seal pup was crying pitifully.
Щенок, отгрызший себе лапу от боли, жалобно скулил.
The puppy that had bitten off its own paw out of pain whined pitifully.
Перецарапавшийся котёнок жалобно мяукал у двери.
The scratched-up kitten mewed pitifully at the door.