Definition of Pitifully

1. Adverb. To a pitiful degree. "Wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"

Partainyms: Pitiful

Definition of Pitifully

1. Adverb. In a pitiful manner. ¹

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Definition of Pitifully

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitifully

pithsome
pithy
pitiable
pitiableness
pitiablenesses
pitiably
pitiamide
pitied
pitier
pitiers
pities
pitiful
pitifull
pitifuller
pitifullest
pitifully (current term)
pitifulness
pitifulnesses
pitiless
pitilessly
pitilessness
pitilessnesses
pitis
pitlane
pitlanes
pitman
pitman arm
pitmans
pitmaster
pitmasters

Literary usage of Pitifully

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."

2. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... will be of interest, made their pitifully inadequate preparations for Major \VC Gorgas, the chief sanitary officer long grass to serve as beds. ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"... extraordinary spectacle, threw themselves at the feet of the holy bishop pitifully imploring him to restore life to the young man who then lay dead. ..."

5. The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 by Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.), Horace Burr (1890)
"He, alone in a canoe in the river, pitifully perished on the agth of May, the canoe coming driving straight up to land, with his travelling cloak and ..."

6. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."

7. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."

8. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... will be of interest, made their pitifully inadequate preparations for Major \VC Gorgas, the chief sanitary officer long grass to serve as beds. ..."

9. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"... extraordinary spectacle, threw themselves at the feet of the holy bishop pitifully imploring him to restore life to the young man who then lay dead. ..."

10. The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 by Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.), Horace Burr (1890)
"He, alone in a canoe in the river, pitifully perished on the agth of May, the canoe coming driving straight up to land, with his travelling cloak and ..."

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