pitiably

1. 1.

   in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion

   “the sick child cried pathetically”

   Synonymspathetically

Questions about pitiably

What does pitiably mean?

pitiably means "in a manner arousing sympathy and compassion".

How many syllables are in pitiably?

pitiably has 4 syllables: pi-ti-a-bly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for pitiably?

Close synonyms include pathetically. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pitiably a common word?

pitiably is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.