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pitiably

pitiably adverb: in a pitiable manner.

Adverb

pitiably (comparative more pitiably, superlative most pitiably)

  1. In a pitiable manner.

Forms of pitiably

comparativemore pitiably
superlativemost pitiably

Origin of pitiably

From pitiable + -ly.

Questions about pitiably

What does pitiably mean?
Pitiably means in a pitiable manner.
What part of speech is pitiably?
Pitiably is an adverb.

Words near pitiably in the dictionary

  1. PITI payments
  2. pitiability
  3. pitiable
  4. pitiableness
  5. pitiablenesses
  6. pitiably
  7. pitiamide
  8. pitiamides
  9. pitie
  10. pitied
  11. pitier

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