pitifully
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3.3
- adverb
- /ˈpɪtɪfəli/
:
patéticamente
- Rod had sold out everything so quickly that his fortune was pitifully reduced.
- pitifully small
- pitifully few
- pitifully low
And they go so far as to bring one of Christie's pets to the chalk quarry and apparently quote it, just whined pitifully.
- And they go so far as to bring one of Christie's pets to the chalk quarry and apparently quote it, just whined pitifully.
Examples
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The number of children produced by these men and their wives was pitifully small.
Academic text (1994) -
Humiliated all the more for having tried so pitifully hard.
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So these are pitifully small numbers.
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I was so pitifully poor.
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Instead, I went home with one small bag and served dinner to my pitifully small family.
Fiction book (1994) -
Hard words, cold looks? She was so pitifully vulnerable to both.
Fiction book (1999) -
And the three women from the night before had haunted him during his pitifully short sleep, too.
Fiction book (1999) -
Jonah shakes his head sadly, then looks pitifully toward the sea.
Fiction book (2002) -
To Lindsay's amazement, there was Sapphire, pitifully thin, crouched in the kitchen sink next to a dripping faucet.
Fiction book (1995) -
The donations for the disaster relief were pitifully low compared to the need.
Synonyms
378
1.0
In a very bad way
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5.1
In a way that makes people feel pity and want to help
2
6.8
In a very sad and unhappy way
2
8.0
In a way that makes people feel regret or sadness
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7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
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6.9
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone
Antonyms
How Pitiable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pitifully starts with the simple word pity ('compassion' or 'sadness for someone') and adds -ful ('full of') and -ly ('in a way'), so pitifully means 'in a way that shows pity or deserves pity'.