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Meanings of pitiful air in English

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Usage of pitiful air in English
1
That gentleman was there, with the same wretched and pitiful air.
The Red Lily — Volume 01
2
Variable are those lonely melodies, having a differing gaiety for the festivals; and a pitiful air is played for the burial of a villager.
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
3
"No, Frank, I don't mind," he sighed with a pitiful air of depression.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
4
"Kenny," he said with a pitiful air of bravado, "do you know a tune, an Irish tune called 'Eileen Aroon'?"
Kenny
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