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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pitiful \Pit"i*ful\, a.
1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind;
merciful; sympathetic.
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The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
--James v. 11.
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2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
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A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
--Spenser.
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3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable;
paltry; contemptible; despicable.
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That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition
in the fool that uses it. --Shak.
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Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See {Contemptible}.
[1913 Webster] -- {Pit"i*ful*ly}, adv. --
{Pit"i*ful*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pitifully
adv 1: to a pitiful degree; "wages were pitifully low,
particularly the wages of women"
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