| 单词 | pitifully |
| 释义 | pitifully (once / 2969 pages) adv WORD FAMILY pitiful: pitifulest, pitifully+/piteous: piteously/pitiable: pitiablest, pitiably/pitiless: pitilessly, pitilessness/pity: piteous, pitiable, pitied, pities, pitiful, pitiless, pitying, self-pity/pitying: unpitying/unpitying: unpityingly USAGE EXAMPLESWhen Wolves flunked pitifully out of the Premier League in 2012, few people envisaged Ward returning to the top flight. The Guardian(Nov 14, 2016) The final moment, as the creature asks pitifully to be put out of its misery, is a nightmarish reminder of Brundlefly’s enduring humanity. The Guardian(Oct 25, 2016) North Korea is a pitifully backward country, except in its nuclear and missile programs. Washington Post(Oct 13, 2016) adv to a pitiful degree wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women |
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