The man in the hi-vis jacket looked at us pityingly. |
He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas. |
The secret of a good church experience for the once-a-year churchgoer is to smile loftily and pityingly at the regulars. |
Perhaps they will patronize him, and consider pityingly his bibliomania. |
Eleanor looked at them pityingly, and then spoke to the older of the two women. |
She ran to him, pityingly stroked the scar, looked down at him with filmy eyes. |