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beggarly

beg·garly

uncommon

adjective

1.

marked by poverty befitting a beggar

  • “a beggarly existence in the slums”
  • “a mean hut”
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2.

used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt

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Origin

From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly.

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