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pitying, ppl. a.|ˈpɪtɪɪŋ|
[f. pity v. + -ing2.]
That pities; that feels, shows, or expresses pity; compassionate. In mod. use sometimes, Feeling or expressing slight contempt (cf. pitiful 4).
1650T. Hubbert Pill Formality 137 Their tears..pierce the hearts of their pittying neighbors. 1709Watts Hymn, ‘Plung'd in a gulph of dark despair’, With pitying eyes the Prince of Grace Beheld our helpless grief. 1848Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 34 If I had not felt a pitying interest in the man. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) II. i. 26 Generally dismissed with a pitying shrug of the shoulders.
Hence ˈpityingly adv., in a pitying manner; in pity.
1847in Webster. 1861Geo. Eliot Silas M. vi, Mr. Macey..smiled pityingly, in answer to the landlord's appeal. 1861G. J. Whyte-Melville Good for Nothing I. 231 Looking kindly and pityingly in his face. |