Beggarly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbeɡərlɪ|
Brit.
|ˈbeɡəlɪ|
adjective
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar (syn: mean)
a beggarly existence in the slums
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt (syn: mean)Extra examples
She received a beggarly sum for her efforts.
...the dictator and his inner circle lived in unconscionable luxury while the beggarly masses eked out a pitiful existence...
Africa will remain a beggarly continent from generation to generation.
Here and there were dotted beggarly trees.
Her characters ranged from the most lordly to the most beggarly.
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