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beggarly

[ beg-er-lee ]

adjective

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

    How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?



beggarly

/ ˈ²úɛɡə±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. meanly inadequate; very poor

    beggarly living conditions

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú±ð²µ²µ²¹°ù±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ð²µî€ƒg²¹°ù·±ô¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²ú±ð²µî€ƒg²¹°ù·±ô²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beggarly1

First recorded in 1520–30; beggar + -ly
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Example Sentences

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Unsure whether he had been duped, he sent Francis a beggarly email: “I was wondering if you have reached a decision on my Shedd Bailout/Rescue Loan proposal.â€

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The left accuses him of wanting to return Britain to the beggarly 1930s, a claim Mr Osborne rebuts vigorously enough to suggest it stings.

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So few assistants, so pitiably few customers, such a beggarly array of goods!

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After all, he had other things to mind than a piece of beggarly waste land dotted with Chapels that were a blasphemy of the name of beauty.

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We shall not get any before next January, and then only a beggarly hundred or so.

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