Pit"i*ful (?), a. 1.
Full of pity; tender-hearted; compassionate; kind; merciful;
sympathetic.
The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender
mercy.
James v. 11.
2. Piteous; lamentable; eliciting
compassion.
A thing, indeed, very pitiful and
horrible.
Spenser.
3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness;
miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable.
That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful
ambition in the fool that uses it.
Shak.
Syn. -- Despicable; mean; paltry. See
Contemptible.
-- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. --
Pit"i*ful*ness, n.