pitiably

pit·i·a·ble

 (pĭt′ē-ə-bəl)
adj.
1. Arousing or deserving of pity or compassion; lamentable.
2. Arousing disdainful pity. See Synonyms at pathetic.

pit′i·a·ble·ness n.
pit′i·a·bly adv.
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Adv.1.pitiably - in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion; "the sick child cried pathetically"
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Translations
بصورةٍ مُثيرَةٍ للشَّفَقَه
žalostně
mitleiderregend
pitoyablement
átakanlega
pietosamente
acınacak hâlde
可怜地

pitiably

[ˈpɪtɪəblɪ] ADV [low, small, weak] → lamentablemente
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pitiably

adv (= pitifully)erbärmlich, jämmerlich; her dowry is pitiably smallihre Mitgift ist jämmerlich, sie hat nur eine klägliche Mitgift; he found her lying on the bed, crying pitiablyer fand sie auf dem Bett, jämmerlich weinend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pity

(ˈpiti) noun
1. a feeling of sorrow for the troubles and sufferings of others. He felt a great pity for her.
2. a cause of sorrow or regret. What a pity (that) she can't come.
verb
to feel pity for (someone). She pitied him; She is to be pitied.
piteous (ˈpitiəs) adjective
pitiful. a piteous cry/sight.
ˈpiteously adverb
ˈpiteousness noun
ˈpitiable adjective
pitiful. He was in a pitiable condition; He made a pitiable attempt.
ˈpitiably adverb
ˈpitiful adjective
1. very sad; causing pity. a pitiful sight.
2. very poor, bad etc; causing contempt. a pitiful attempt; a pitiful amount of money.
ˈpitifully adverb
ˈpitifulness noun
ˈpitiless adjective
without pity. pitiless cruelty.
ˈpitilessly adverb
ˈpitilessness noun
ˈpityingly adverb
in a way which shows that one feels pity for someone. He looked at her pityingly.
have pity on
to feel pity for (someone because of something). Have pity on the old man.
take pity on
to act kindly, or relent, towards (someone), from a feeling of pity. He took pity on the hungry children and gave them food.
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An ear as big as a man!" I looked still more attentively--and actually there did move under the ear something that was pitiably small and poor and slim.
After a while she raised her head, and looked at me with wondering eyes that were pitiably like the eyes of her child.
my unfortunate husband was so hopelessly misguided, so pitiably wrong!
We have had, and may still have, worse things to tell of him; but none, we apprehend, so pitiably weak; no evidence, at once so slight and irrefragable, of a subtle disease that had long since begun to eat into the real substance of his character.
Then last I looked at Ready; and he leant invertebrate over the rail, gasping pitiably from his exertions in regaining the poop, a dying man once more.
Da Souza, a Jewess portly and typical, resplendent in black satin and many gold chains and bangles, occupied the seat of honour, and by her side was a little brown girl, with dark, timid eyes and dusky complexion, pitiably over-dressed but with a certain elf-like beauty, which it was hard to believe that she could ever have inherited.
Trembling, panting, struggling for breath, the Swift One clung pitiably to a high thin branch.
Sara Ray also managed to get through respectably, although she was pitiably nervous.
She trembled pitiably as she opened the folded note.
She looked pitiably small and thin in her deep mourning.
Bob knew all about this particular affair, and spoke of the sport with an enthusiasm which no one who is not either divested of all manly feeling, or pitiably ignorant of rat-catching, can fail to imagine.
This was evidently not one of the forlorn, persecuted, pitiably dependent order of governesses.
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