"pitifully" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Forms: more pitifully [comparative], most pitifully [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English petefully, petifullie, pyttyfully, pytyffully; equivalent to pitiful + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|petefully}} Middle English petefully, {{suffix|en|pitiful|ly}} pitiful + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} pitifully (comparative more pitifully, superlative most pitifully)
  1. In a pitiful manner.
    Sense id: en-pitifully-en-adv-iAuj3PgL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry
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