Pit·i·ful a.
1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. --James v. 11.
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible. --Spenser.
3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it. --Shak.
Syn: -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
-- Pit*i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit*i*ful*ness, n.
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pitifully
adv : to a pitiful degree; "wages were pitifully low, particularly
the wages of women"