PITEOUS, PITEOUSLY
ADJECTIVES
► EXECRABLE piteous, horrifying, shocking → 1490 obs.
► RUTHFUL lamentable, piteous; also, dreadful, calamitous → c1225 obs.
► RUTHLY sorrowful, piteous → c1300 obs.
ADVERBS
► RUTHFULLY in a pitiable or lamentable fashion; piteously, dolefully, dismally; ruefully → c1225
► RUTHLY sorrowfully, piteously → a1400 obs.
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