The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Compassionately \Com*pas"sion*ate*ly\, adv. In a compassionate manner; mercifully. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
compassionately adv 1: in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" [syn: pityingly, compassionately]