Lexic.us

Definition of Beggarly

1. Adjective. Marked by poverty befitting a beggar. "A mean hut"

2. Adjective. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt.

Definition of Beggarly

1. a. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

2. adv. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Definition of Beggarly

1. Adjective. In the manner of a beggar. ¹

2. Adjective. Fit for a beggar. ¹

3. Adjective. By extension, inadequate or meagre. ¹

4. Adverb. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beggarly

1. very poor [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beggarly

beggar belief beggar lice beggardom beggardoms beggared beggarhood beggarhoods beggaries beggaring beggarism

beggarlier beggarliest beggarlike beggarliness beggarlinesses beggarly (current term) beggarman beggarmen beggars beggars can't be choosers

beggarticks beggarware beggarweed beggarweeds beggarwise beggarwoman beggarwomen beggary begge begged

Literary usage of Beggarly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Fox, Thomas Ellwood (1832)
"It was and is Christ that hath made and doth ' make his people free from these beggarly elements; therefore the re- ' deemed are to " stand fast in that ..."

2. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... in 1794—Farm Census—Exhausted Boils and beggarly Account of Empty Bins—Farm Operations of 1794—Pennsylvania Insurrection—The Government Measures, ..."

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