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Meanings of pitifully small in English

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Usage of pitifully small in English
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Their savings were pitifully small, and she earned more praise than money.
Granny dan
2
The stack of underclothing on the shelves was pitifully small, visibly dilapidated.
Her Father's Daughter
3
They made a pitifully small assembly; the ironmen were few, the yard large.
A clash of kings
4
He opened up his hand to reveal her pitifully small roll of francs.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
5
Once inside, they began sharing out the remnants of their pitifully small armoury.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
6
Probably it was pitifully small; cupidity usually snatches the instant bait tickles its nose.
The Deluge
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The light it provided was pitifully small, feeding his unease rather than assuaging it.
The stand
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It was pitifully small; how could hairpins make a dent in that creature's hide?
Throne of Glass
9
It was a pitifully small card to play, but the only one I had.
Outlander
10
A pitifully small amount of blood stained the surrounding snow.
A Cavern of Black Ice
11
The open space in which Jacques was trying to effect a landing seemed pitifully small.
Fighting in France
12
That may sound like a lot of books, but it's pitifully small by modern measures.
Reuters
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But the sum of these savings seemed pitifully small.
The House of Toys
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But small-howpitifully small it looked to-day-andhowlonely!
The Blue Flower
15
The military force, pitifully small, is stationed in the desert to fight the expected Japanese invasion.
The new yorker
16
During his lifetime the results seemed pitifully small, but the task once undertaken was never abandoned.
The Founder of New France : A Chronicle of Champlain
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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