pityingly

1. 1.

   in a compassionate manner

   “the nurse looked at him pityingly”

   Synonymscompassionately

Questions about pityingly

What does pityingly mean?

pityingly means "in a compassionate manner".

How many syllables are in pityingly?

pityingly has 3 syllables: pi-tyin-gly. The stress falls on "pi".

What is another word for pityingly?

Close synonyms include compassionately. 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 pityingly a common word?

pityingly 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.