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Definition of Pitifully
1. Adverb. To a pitiful degree. "Wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women"
Definition of Pitifully
1. Adverb. In a pitiful manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pitifully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitifully
Literary usage of Pitifully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against
the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."
2. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against
the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... will be of interest, made their pitifully inadequate preparations for Major \VC
Gorgas, the chief sanitary officer long grass to serve as beds. ..."
4. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"... extraordinary spectacle, threw themselves at the feet of the holy bishop
pitifully imploring him to restore life to the young man who then lay dead. ..."
5. The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 by Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.), Horace Burr (1890)
"He, alone in a canoe in the river, pitifully perished on the agth of May, the
canoe coming driving straight up to land, with his travelling cloak and ..."
6. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against
the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."
7. Early English Prose Romances: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions by William John Thoms (1858)
"Then again he took his flight and all the way as he went he rapt his heels against
the tops of high trees, and beat him pitifully upon the shins all the ..."
8. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"... will be of interest, made their pitifully inadequate preparations for Major \VC
Gorgas, the chief sanitary officer long grass to serve as beds. ..."
9. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1853)
"... extraordinary spectacle, threw themselves at the feet of the holy bishop
pitifully imploring him to restore life to the young man who then lay dead. ..."
10. The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 by Holy Trinity Church (Wilmington, Del.), Horace Burr (1890)
"He, alone in a canoe in the river, pitifully perished on the agth of May, the
canoe coming driving straight up to land, with his travelling cloak and ..."
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