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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Piteous  \Pit"e*ous\,  a.  [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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  piteously 
  adv  :  in  a  piteous  manner




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