piteously

Etymology

From Middle English piteuously, pitously; equivalent to piteous + -ly.

adv

  1. In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.
    Little Sea and Desire would wail piteously over my body for a day, and then I should be quickly forgotten. 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 194
    Adam himself bewildered and Eveless outside the garden; a Minotaur howling piteously in a labyrinth of money-worries. 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 132

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