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pityingly
adverb
uk /ˈpɪt.i.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈpɪt̬.i.ɪŋ.li/
in a way that shows sadness or sympathy for someone else's unhappiness or difficult situation:
They both shook their heads pityingly at the starving dog.
Her pityingly superior expression soon changed to one of complete astonishment.
Several drivers smiled pityingly at me as they went past.
They looked pityingly at my unfashionable outfit and went off to talk to someone more interesting.
His fans tend to look at me pityingly whenever I tell them that I don't know much about his music.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sympathy & compassion
aw
bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
better luck next timeidiom
bleeding heart
cheese
heart-wrenching
heart-wrenchingly
heartrending
pitiful
pitifully
pitifulness
pity
poor
relate
sensitivity
sympathetic
sympathize
sympathy
your heart achesidiom
your heart goes out to someoneidiom
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