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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Piteously,) Pite-, Piti(o)uslie, -lye, adv. [e.m.E. and ME. pitiously (Chaucer), pytiously (1526). Cf. Pitously, Pete(o)usly.] a. Pitiably. = Petuo(u)sly adv. b. Only in Nisbet, after Purvey: With piety. — c1460 Alex. (Taym.) (ed.) 996.
Quhan that he saw the child sa pitiuslie Mak his complent [etc.] c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxxii. 262/46.
Sa piteuslie thai cry c1552 Lynd. Mon. 3658.
Piteouslye 15.. Clar. iii. 710. a1578 Pitsc. I. 9/3.
This nobill king was piteouslie put downe At Bannockburne — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Titus ii. 12.
That we … leue sobirlie, and iustlie, and piteouslie in this warlde