pitifully

Adverb

Meaning

to a pitiful degree

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

unfortunately sadly poorly badly miserably awfully poignantly inefficiently woefully tenderly compassionately deplorably contemptibly pathetically ineptly
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Antonyms

fully greatly extensively freely everywhere adequately
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Examples

I like to think how easily Nature will absorb London as she absorbed the mastodon, setting her spiders to spin the winding-sheet and her worms to fill in the grave, and her grass to cover it pitifully up, adding flowers - as an unknown hand added them to the grave of Nero. Edward Thomas (poet)

The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. J. Paul Getty

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. Eric Liu

I am just pitifully nostalgic. I can't help but roll my eyes at myself frequently. I mean, I still shoot black-and-white film. And I am constantly reminiscing about the 'good old days.' I'm 28 years old. There haven't even been that many 'good old days.' But still, I love to look back. Chris Lowell

The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low. Michael Chabon

wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pitiful illusion pitiful opportunity pitifull pitifulness Pitiguara pitiless