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Definition of Pitiably

Pitiably
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.

Meaning of Pitiably from wikipedia

- stresses action, not nuances of meaning or characterization. Mr. Robinson is pitiably natural as the realistic, sensitive oldster facing the ****ility of living...
- satirical encounters with the real world with the hero either becoming the pitiable victim or the rogue who exploited the vices of those he met. A second tradition...
- also been used as a pejorative epithet to describe a cowardly, weak or pitiable person. Worms can also be farmed for the production of nutrient-rich vermicompost...
- Retrieved 29 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. It is a sad and pitiable sight to see Irish mothers with, in some cases, their dying babes in their...
- of the world God truly intends. ...Something far more glorious than the pitiable resources of fallen time could ever yield. Hart, David Bentley (2020)....
- Capital of the United States. The condition of the slave woman was so pitiably, hopelessly helpless that it is difficult to see how any woman, whether...
- recognized. First, the exaggerated repetition of words, as in the series "pitiable", "pity", "pitied", and "piteous" (Ch. 81, "The Pequod Meets the Virgin")...
- the Labour Party ... and presumably the ****ure P.M. [Prime Minister] is pitiable". Following the defeat of **** Germany and the end of the War in Europe...
- making use of these ministers, on the one hand enslaved those that were so pitiably led astray by them to their own destruction, while on the other hand he...
- Thrones hero without a personality; Sam is sort of compelling, but in a pitiable way; I can't really keep the names of any of the other crows straight.")...