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# pitifully

adverb (pitifully)

«pitifully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a way that makes people feel pity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#m1)
2. Disappointingly, very: «pitifully small», «pitifully few». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows misery; in everyday talk «pitifully small» means far too small. In maths problems, «pitifully few» means very few.

### Examples

- The stray dog was pitifully thin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x1)
- The kitten cried pitifully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x2)
- Only a pitifully small crowd came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x3)
- He sobbed pitifully when his toy broke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x4)
- The house was pitifully cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x5)
- There were pitifully few apples left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x6)
- The merchant, protesting his innocence, bewailed his wife and children, and tried pitifully to avert his fate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/#x7)

### Note

From «pitiful». Two l's: pitifully.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pitifully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitifully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pitifully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitifully.html) on Mova free.