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   Beg·gar·ly

   /ˈbeɡərlē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. pitifully or deplorably meager or bad: "the stipend was a beggarly $26" Similar meagermodestslightleanscantscantyskimpypunyinadequateinsufficientinsubstantialmiserlypaltrypitifulderisoryniggardlyungenerousmiserablecontemptibledespicableinformal:measlystingylousypatheticpiddlingpifflingmingypoxyrare:exiguousOpposite considerable
   • ▪ poverty-stricken. Similar wretchedmiserablesordidsqualidshabbyshoddymeanbasevilefouldespicableunpleasantpoorpoverty-strickenimpoverisheddistressedbeggaredneedypennilessdestituteindigentimpecuniouspenuriousinformal:hard upon one's uppers

   Derivatives

   • 1. beggarliness noun

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