different between piteously vs ruthfully

piteously

English

Etymology

piteous +? -ly

Adverb

piteously (comparative more piteously, superlative most piteously)

  1. In a piteous manner; pathetically; plaintively.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 194):
      Little Sea and Desire would wail piteously over my body for a day, and then I should be quickly forgotten.

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ruthfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English rewthfully, equivalent to ruthful +? -ly.

Adverb

ruthfully (comparative more ruthfully, superlative most ruthfully)

  1. (manner) In a manner that is ruthful:
    1. Sorrowfully, ruefully.
      • 1997, K. Ayyappapanicker, Sahitya Akademi staff, Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, page 232,
        They tantalize, particularly when the speaker or the central character of the lyric is a prematurely married girl, ruthfully yearning to return to her parental home, and there, reunite with her childhood lover.
      • 2001, Michael Innes, Death at the President's Lodging, page 188,
        No change, he reflected ruthfully a moment later, was to be got from Empson that way.
    2. In a manner that causes pity; piteously.
      • 1997, Neil W. Hamilton (quoting Owen Lattimore), Zealotry and Academic Freedom, page 313,
        This commonplace observation becomes very poignant when you are the man accused, and a man like McCarthy ruthfully exploits his advantage by making the accusations so sensational that the revelation of the truth seems drab and dull by comparison.
    3. Compassionately; mercifully.
      • 1999, Joseph L. Harsh, Taken at the Flood: Robert E. Lee and Confederate Strategy in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, page 285,
        Lee's wait was ruthfully short, although he might have traded the first news that reached him for a return to uncertainty.

Anagrams

  • hurtfully

Middle English

Adverb

ruthfully

  1. Alternative form of rewthfully

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