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piti·ful·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pitifullyadverb

    to a pitiful degree

    "wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"

Wiktionary

  1. pitifullyadverb

    In a pitiful manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pitifullyadverb

    Etymology: from pitiful.

    He beat him most pitifully; nay,
    He beat him most unpitifully. William Shakespeare.

    Some of the philosophers doubt whether there were any such thing as sense of pain; and yet, when any great evil has been upon them, they would sigh and groan as pitifully as other men. John Tillotson, Sermons.

    Those men, who give themselves airs of bravery on reflecting upon the last scenes of others, may behave the most pitifully in their own. Clarissa.

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  1. pitifully

    Pitifully is an adverb that means in a way that arouses pity, compassion, or sympathy. It can also refer to something that is poor in quality or quantity, or disappointing. It is often used to describe actions, conditions, or feelings that one regards as distressing, sorrowful, or unfortunate.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitifully in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitifully in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of pitifully in a Sentence

  1. Alexander Rybakov:

    That's why our share of trade with Iran is pitifully small.

  2. Andrew Klaven:

    Sometimes the world seemed to come with subtitles, like a foreign film. So help her, sometimes people's hidden motives, their lies, their rationalizations, were so pitifully apparent that Sophia felt she could just sit and read them.

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