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pitied, ppl. a.|ˈpɪtɪd| [f. pity v. + -ed1.] Compassionated, lamented, etc.: see the verb. Hence ˈpitiedly adv. (rare), in a way or to a degree to be pitied.
1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. xlix. 256 He is properly and pittiedly to be counted alone that is illiterate. 1728Eliza Heywood Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 214 A dishonourable Affair, in which his Glory, and at last his Life fell a necessary, but much pitied Sacrifice. 1851Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. i. 1 Led, through prouder eminence, to less pitied destruction. |