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   beggarly

   /ˈbɛɡəli/

   adjective

   • 1. pitifully or deplorably meagre or bad: "the stipend in 1522 was a beggarly 26 shillings" Similar meagremodestslightleanscantscantyskimpypunyinadequateinsufficientinsubstantialmiserlypaltrypitifulderisoryniggardlyungenerousmiserablecontemptibledespicableinformal:measlystingylousypatheticpiddlingpifflingmingypoxyrare:exiguousOpposite considerable
   • 2. poverty-stricken; very poor: "his circumstances were beggarly" Similar wretchedmiserablesordidsqualidshabbyshoddymeanbasevilefouldespicableunpleasantpoorpoverty-strickenimpoverisheddistressedbeggaredneedypennilessdestituteindigentimpecuniouspenuriousinformal:hard upon one's uppers

   Derivatives

   • 1. beggarliness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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