pitiably

Adverb

Meaning

in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pathetically unfortunately sadly commonly poorly badly barely cheaply miserably awfully woefully deplorably contemptibly painfully atrociously

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Antonyms

fully greatly extensively freely everywhere adequately

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Examples

Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body and a pitiably starved soul. Mary MacLane

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Andrew Carnegie

the sick child cried pathetically Source: Internet

Mr. Robinson is pitiably natural as the realistic, sensitive oldster facing the futility of living in dying surroundings. Source: Internet

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

PITI payment pitiable pitiableness pitiamide pitie pitied