Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pitiably

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pitiably
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pitiable manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English pitiable Middle English -ly English -ly English pitiably From pitiable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more pitiably (comparative) most pitiably (superlative)

Synonyms

pathetically

Questions

What does pitiably mean?
In a pitiable manner.
Where does pitiably come from?
Etymology tree English pitiable Middle English -ly English -ly English pitiably From pitiable + -ly.

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