Hypertext Webster Gateway: "beggarly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, a.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, adv.
In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of
a beggar.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
beggarly
adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence
in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: {mean}]
2: used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve
contempt [syn: {mean}]
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