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Read these sentences from Paragraph 1 of the passage.

The bedding was hardly able to cover it and seemed ready to slide off any moment. His many legs, pitifully thin compared with the size of the rest of him, waved about helplessly as he looked. Which word has a meaning most similar to the meaning of pitifully in the passage?

sadly mildly
comically
pathetically

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I think it's sadly, due to the way that he is writing it. Hope this helped! Brainliest is always appreciated.
emilyadalex

Answer:

Pathetically

Explanation:

In the excerpt, the word "pitifully" conveys that the many legs of "him" were too thin, inadequate and absurd to the size of his body to the point that made the speaker feel sorrow for such misfortune. The word "pathetically" has a similar connotation, this adverb refers to something "miserably inadequate" or "pitifully inferior". Furthermore, something "pathetic" can be also marked by sorrow for somebody else's misfortunes.

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