So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
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(ux)
Eliciting contempt.
Of an amount or number: very small.
Feeling pity; merciful.
(RQ:Shakespeare Titus Andronicus Q1)
(RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)
In a pitiful manner; pitifully; piteously; pathetically.
(quote-book)