What does piteously mean?
Piteously means In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively..
He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle, who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step.
Across her mind, and bowing over him, Low to her own heart piteously she said:
Little Sea and Desire would wail piteously over my body for a day, and then I should be quickly forgotten.
Adam himself bewildered and Eveless outside the garden; a Minotaur howling piteously in a labyrinth of money-worries.
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Piteously means In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively..
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He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle, who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step.
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