pitied, ppl. a.
(ˈpɪtɪd)
[f. pity v. + -ed1.]
Compassionated, lamented, etc.: see the verb. Hence ˈpitiedly adv. (rare), in a way or to a degree to be pitied.
| 1627–77 Feltham Resolves ii. xlix. 256 He is properly and pittiedly to be counted alone that is illiterate. 1728 Eliza Heywood Mme. de Gomez's Belle A. (1732) II. 214 A dishonourable Affair, in which his Glory, and at last his Life fell a necessary, but much pitied Sacrifice. 1851 Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) I. i. 1 Led, through prouder eminence, to less pitied destruction. |