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Definition of piteous adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

piteous

adjective

NAmE//ˈpɪt̮iəs//

[usually before noun] (literary)

deserving pity or causing you to feel pity synonym pathetic a piteous cry/sight

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piteously

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