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Webster 1913 Edition

Beggarly

Beg′gar-ly

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Adj.
1.
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
“A bankrupt, beggarly fellow.”
South.
“A beggarly fellowship.”
Swift.
“Beggarly elements.”
Gal. iv. 9.
2.
Produced or occasioned by beggary.
[Obs.]
Beggarly
sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.
Jer. Taylor.

Beg′gar-ly

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Beggarly

BEG'GARLY

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Adj.
Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent.

Definition 2024

beggarly

beggarly

English

Adjective

beggarly ‎(comparative beggarlier, superlative beggarliest)

  1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
    beggarly fellow
  2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
    beggarly rags
    • Jeremy Taylor
      Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.
  3. (by extension) inadequate or meagre.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

Adverb

beggarly ‎(comparative more beggarly, superlative most beggarly)

  1. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

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