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# piteously

«piteously» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that makes people feel pity, very sadly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (piteously)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that makes people feel pity, very sadly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it tells the reader a character is in great distress: Alice cries in the pool of tears; Toad weeps in his dungeon; a puppy whines piteously.

### examples

- The puppy whined piteously at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x1)
- Toad wept piteously in his dungeon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x2)
- The kitten mewed piteously in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x3)
- The lost lamb bleated piteously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x4)
- The baby cried piteously all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x5)
- He begged piteously for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x6)
- The Mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/#x7)

### note

From «piteous». Similar: pitifully.

### In the corpora

- [«Mayn't I sing them just one little song?» he pleaded piteously.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/34/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «piteously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piteously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.