self-pityingly

English

Adverb

self-pityingly (comparative more self-pityingly, superlative most self-pityingly)

1. in a self-pitying manner
   • 2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 143:

     In his corner of south London,, in a cramped dump of a house he had sealed up so tight that he and Lawrence could hardly breath, living off state benefits, he was precisely and self-pityingly unhappy.