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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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pathetically

Part of Speech: adverbPronunciation: /pəˈθɛtɪkli/Used In Literature ↓

In a pathetic manner; piteously.

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Poetry examples for pathetically

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

holiday from the silk-mills. She is unconscious of the influence she

exerts. William Sharp says these songs "are as pathetically fresh

and free as a thrush's song in a beleaguered city, and with the same

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