EnglishMain Dictionary
pitiful
Universal Words
adjective
1 deserving or causing you to feel pity:
The horse was a pitiful sight (= because it was very thin or sick).
2 not deserving respect:
a pitiful effort / excuse / performance
pitifully adverb:
The dog was whining pitifully. * She was pitifully thin. * The fee is pitifully low.
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