PITEOUSLY

piteously

(adverb) in a piteous manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

piteously (comparative more piteously, superlative most piteously)

In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.

Source: Wiktionary


PITEOUS

Pit"e*ous, a. Etym: [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity.]

1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. Wyclif.

2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. "[She] piteous of his case." Pope. She was so charitable and so pitous. Chaucer.

3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. Spenser. The most piteous tale of Lear. Shak.

4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." Milton.

Syn.

– Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate.

– Pit"e*ous*ly, adv.

– Pit"e*ous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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