pityingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ursula knew that Palmer had been astir at dawn, but not to attend to his usual duties, for she pityingly had freed the thirsty, uncared for sheep; many of these were now bogged in the various water-holes along the river."
- "The lady in the mirror gazed at the lady in the room, reproachfully at first, then — for were they not sisters? — relentingly, then pityingly."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more pityingly (comparative)
most pityingly (superlative)