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pityingly

ADVERB
  1. in a compassionate manner
    the nurse looked at him pityingly

How To Use pityingly In A Sentence

  • He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas.
  • Among other contributions, Neil Allen looks pityingly at athletics and boxing, and the stink is just as pronounced in soccer.
  • The conversation sticks with me; if I close my eyes, I can hear the inflections of his speech, the tone of voice that spoke unpityingly, straightforwardly, of his life.
  • At the end, when the text hints at redemption, the music turns, unpityingly, yet more brutal.
  • Perhaps they will patronize him, and consider pityingly his bibliomania.
  • Teucrians and men of Sicily rise eagerly; a cry goes up, and Acestes himself runs forward, and pityingly lifts his friend and birthmate from the ground. The Aeneid of Virgil
  • You're forty minutes late, Pearl," she said more pityingly than accusatorially. The Metrognome and other Stories
  • Her flesh was torn and raw and now unpityingly scorched on that side exposed to the caustic desert sun.
  • The mingled rain and sleet fell unpityingly from above, while the ground beneath was covered with mud and water.
  • 'A pretty expression you have in your countenance, 'she went on, still gazing keenly, though not inimically, rather indeed pityingly at Caroline. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
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