pitifully
pi ti fuh lee
- r to a pitiful degree
wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women
- On the steering column a small bulb flashed white, pitifully redundant.
- And everyone's life is touched by the tragedy of micromastia because everyone has a friend, sister, co-worker or wife who falls pitifully short in the mammary department.
- Jamal and Mohammed hid pitifully behind a metal drum.