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View synonyms for beggarly

beggarly

[ beg-er-lee ]

adjective

  1. like or befitting a beggar.
  2. meanly inadequate:

    How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?



beggarly

/ ˈbɛɡəlɪ /

adjective

  1. meanly inadequate; very poor

    beggarly living conditions

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈbeggarliness, noun
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Other Words From

  • beggar·li·ness noun
  • un·beggar·ly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beggarly1

First recorded in 1520–30; beggar + -ly
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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.

Imagine a beggarly girl in an office daring to address such criticism to the great Mr. Lang!

And turning to the man confronting me, he added, "This gentleman will settle their beggarly accounts."

The money he saves in his damned beggarly court goes to buy men's souls.

Why should ladies demean themselves by going amongst dirty beggarly folk?

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