Usually means: Eliciting or deserving of sympathy.
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  1. pitiably: Merriam-Webster
  2. pitiably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pitiably: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pitiably: Vocabulary.com
  5. pitiably: Wordnik
  6. pitiably: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. pitiably: Wiktionary
  8. pitiably: Dictionary.com
  9. pitiably: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. pitiably: Rhymezone
  11. pitiably: FreeDictionary.org
  12. pitiably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. pitiably: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  In a pitiable manner.

Similar:
pathetically, pitifully, pityingly, ruthfully, piteously, unpitiably, snivelingly, miserably, pitilessly, plaintively, more...

Opposite:
admirably, commendably, impressively

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Similar:
pathetically, pitifully, pityingly, ruthfully, piteously, unpitiably, snivelingly, miserably, pitilessly, plaintively, more...

Opposite:
admirably, commendably, impressively



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