pitifully

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
20
Letters
9

Definition of pitifully

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a pitiful manner.
    “The coral faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully.”

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Etymology

From Middle English petefully, petifullie, pyttyfully, pytyffully; equivalent to pitiful + -ly.

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