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piteously

adv

Etymology

From Middle English piteuously, pitously; equivalent to piteous + -ly.

  1. inherited from piteuously

Definitions

  1. In a piteous manner

    In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.

    • He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle, who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step.
    • Across her mind, and bowing over him, Low to her own heart piteously she said:
    • Little Sea and Desire would wail piteously over my body for a day, and then I should be quickly forgotten.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA