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with pity

adv. in a compassionate manner; "the nurse looked at him pityingly" [syn: pityingly, compassionately, with compassion]

Usage examples of "with pity".

But there were so many old men and young boys, and the sight of them made her heart contract with pity and with fear.

He did not realize how open was his grief until he felt the light touch of Una's fingers on the back of the hand he had unconsciously clenched on the rail and turned to find her looking upon him, not with pity, but with a sympathy as deep as all eternity.

He cited Sophocles ('already mentioned'), Shakespeare and Ibsen as masters of this art form, which purged us with pity.