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pitiably |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pitiable \Pit"i*a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF pitiable, F. pitoyable.] Deserving pity; wworthy of or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. Syn: Sorrowful; woeful; sad. See {Piteous}. -- {Pit"i*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Pit"i*a*bly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pitiably adv : in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically" [syn: {pathetically}]
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