'Hop it,' I fulminated, putting in 'sorry!' (7)

I believe the answer is:

pitiful

'sorry' is the definition.
(I know that sorry can be written as pitiful)

'hop it i fulminated putting in' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'PITIFUL' is hidden in the letters of 'hop it i fulminated putting'.

(Other definitions for pitiful that I've seen before include "base" , "Miserable" , "Sad - wretched" , "Distressing" , "Arousing feeling of sorrow, lamentable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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