Pitiably

Pitiably, and with their tail clutched tightly between their legs, the NYT concludes;

New York Times Editorial on Kids' Health and Tobacco-Wrong Again 2007

Pitiably poor, and distracted by household cares which she had to face single-handed -- for the Professor was a "feckless body" -- Mrs. Stowe nevertheless could not be indifferent to the national crisis over the Fugitive Slave Law.

The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Bliss Perry 1907

Pitiably pale, with the perspiration standing on his brow, he stammered: "But, your Highness, do you not mean to leave --" A livid flash, like that of a sabre stroke, followed by a frightful peal of thunder, cut him short.

The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) Alphonse Daudet 1868

Pitiably mean is he that measures the relations of such cases by the scenical apparatus of purple and gold.

Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822

Pitiably, they are facing harsh international sanctions for the launch, which was condemned by world nations.

unknown title 2009

Pitiably, a bucketload of people I'd have liked to have seen were there, and I didn't get to see them, the damned place was insane.

Neanderpundit 2009

Pitiably, a bucketload of people I'd have liked to have seen were there, and I didn't get to see them, the damned place was insane.

Neanderpundit 2009

Pitiably doth He complain by the mouth of His Prophet of the sharpness of this internal pain: "And, indeed, if Mine enemy had spoken evil against Me, I would indeed have borne it.

Meditations on the Life and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. c. 1300-1361 1875