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    Pitiful , a.
    1. Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful; sympathetic.
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      The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
      James v. 11.

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    2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion.
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      A thing, indeed, very pitiful and horrible.
      Spenser.

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    3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
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      That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
      Shak.

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      Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible.
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      -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n.
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