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 →

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 →
• Toad wept piteously in his dungeon. tree →
• The kitten mewed piteously in the rain. tree →
• The lost lamb bleated piteously. tree →
• The baby cried piteously all night. tree →
• He begged piteously for help. tree →
• The Mouse, terrified, piteously entreated him to spare its life. tree →

note

From «piteous». Similar: pitifully.

In the corpora

• «Mayn't I sing them just one little song?» he pleaded piteously.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «piteously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.