Meaning

3 senses

  1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

    beggarly fellow

    marked by poverty befitting a beggar

  2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.

    beggarly rags

  3. (broadly)Inadequate or meagre.

Origin

From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly.

From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly.

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Forms

beggarlier, beggarliest
Comparativebeggarlier Lesson
Superlativebeggarliest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt:mean
  • marked by poverty befitting a beggar:mean

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbeggar
Derivedbeggarlinessunbeggarly

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
begA2begetbeggarbeginA1beginnerA2beginningA2
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