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View synonyms for beggarly
beggarly
[ beg-er-lee ]
adjective
- like or befitting a beggar.
- meanly inadequate:
How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?
beggarly
/ ˈbɛɡəlɪ /
adjective
- meanly inadequate; very poor
beggarly living conditions
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Derived Forms
- ˈbeggarliness, noun
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Other Words From
- beggar·li·ness noun
- un·beggar·ly adjective
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Example Sentences
I did find that there were foundations that made you feel small and beggarly when asking for support, but Carnegie, under Vartan, was not one of them.
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I say, down with the aristocracy, the beggarly British aristocracy.
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Imagine a beggarly girl in an office daring to address such criticism to the great Mr. Lang!
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And turning to the man confronting me, he added, "This gentleman will settle their beggarly accounts."
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The money he saves in his damned beggarly court goes to buy men's souls.
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Why should ladies demean themselves by going amongst dirty beggarly folk?
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