'Piteously' definitions:

Definition of 'piteously'

adverb

In a piteous manner

From: GCIDE

Piteous \Pit"e*ous\, a. [OE. pitous, OF. pitos, F. piteux. See Pity.]
1. Pious; devout. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Lord can deliver piteous men from temptation. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
2. Evincing pity, compassion, or sympathy; compassionate; tender. "[She] piteous of his case." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
She was so charitable and so pitous. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
3. Fitted to excite pity or sympathy; wretched; miserable; lamentable; sad; as, a piteous case. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The most piteous tale of Lear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. Paltry; mean; pitiful. "Piteous amends." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Syn: Sorrowful; mournful; affecting; doleful; woeful; rueful; sad; wretched; miserable; pitiable; pitiful; compassionate. [1913 Webster] -- {Pit"e*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Pit"e*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]