Link Centre Dictionary

pitifully

pi·ti·fully

US/ˈpɪtɪfli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

to a pitiful degree

  • “wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women”

Origin

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

Related words

Pertaining to

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.