Beggarly

['begəlɪ] or ['bɛɡɚli]

Definition

(adj.) (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt .

(adj.) marked by poverty befitting a beggar; 'a beggarly existence in the slums'; 'a mean hut' .

Typist: Marcus--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

(a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.

(adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Typist: Natalie

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Destitute, indigent, needy, poor.[2]. Sorry, mean, abject, base, low, paltry, shabby, vile, scurvy, miserable, contemptible, despicable, pitiful, pitiable, servile, slavish, grovelling, base-minded, low-minded, mean-spirited.

Checker: Mitchell

Examples

Checker: Mitchell

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