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Definition of Pitiably
1. Adverb. In a manner arousing sympathy and compassion. "The sick child cried pathetically"
Definition of Pitiably
1. Adverb. In a pitiable manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pitiably
1. pitiable [adv] - See also: pitiable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitiably
Literary usage of Pitiably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"If there is a human figure more pitiably ludicrous than an old beau crazy after
fresh girls, who sack him and avoid him and giggle at him, it is him to do ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... was there found most pitiably to be pitied. The figures of many in that place
I neither saw nor recognized, for I was overcome with horror by the ..."
3. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1918)
"Undernourishment and uncleanliness were pitiably evident. The Society, after
considerable difficulty, succeeded in establishing in these beclouded minds a ..."
4. Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Record and a Study by William Sharp (1882)
"I am afraid most people will continue to be " pitiably vain and miserable sophists,"
believing the " food idea " more readily brought to mind by the ..."
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