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Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1589 expressing or feeling pity • pityingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pitying Pit"y*ing, a. Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word. -- Pit"y*ing*ly, adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pity Pit"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pitied; p. pr. & vb. n. Pitying.] 1. To feel pity or compassion for; to have sympathy with; to compassionate; to commiserate; to have tender feelings toward (any one), awakened by a knowledge of suffering. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. --Ps. ciii. 13. 2. To move to pity; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] It pitieth them to see her in the dust. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A pitying look shows that someone feels pity and perhaps slight contempt. She gave him a pitying look; that was the sort of excuse her father would use. ADJ: usu ADJ n • pityingly Stasik looked at him pityingly and said nothing. ADV: ADV after v

Moby Thesaurus

bleeding, charitable, clement, commiserative, compassionate, condolent, forbearant, gentle, human, humane, lenient, melting, merciful, ruthful, soft, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathizing, tender, tenderhearted, understanding, warmhearted