Definition of beggarly in English:

beggarly

adjective ˈbɛɡəliˈbɛɡərli

1Pitifully or deplorably meagre or bad.
the stipend in 1522 was a beggarly 26 shillings
Example sentencesExamples
- He uses weak and beggarly things like you and me so that the glory might redound to him alone.
- A mere vagabond, idle person, hating labour, a drunkard, a sot, one of no spirit or forecast, delighting to live beggarly and carelessly, one content in no condition of life, either good or ill.
- A beggarly tribute to all that is retrogressive, stupid, and mean.
- What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men, a beggarly account of empty boxes?
- Or if anyone could contrive to return in beggarly disguise after ten years' maritime battering and see off all his swaggering rivals with a deliciously unexpected volte-face, Vick would be your man.
- Oh, ye crowds of rags and patches, frail, sinful and beggarly, what about it?
Synonyms
meagre, modest, slight, lean, scant, scanty, skimpy, puny, inadequate, insufficient, insubstantial, miserly, paltry, pitiful, derisory, niggardly, ungenerous, miserable, contemptible, despicable
informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling, piffling, mingy, poxy
rare exiguous
2Poverty-stricken; very poor.
his circumstances were beggarly
Example sentencesExamples
- Ay, but Sir John, I think they are exceedingly poor and bare, too beggarly.
- The report of Dr. London nine days after the surrender, to the effect that the friary was a beggarly place and all that it contained would not suffice to pay its debts, is very much to the credit of this mendicant house.
- The poor peasants, to whom my apparent poverty and my beggarly attire gave confidence, described their distress in that country where the soil does not produce every year enough grain to pay the pax in kind.
- One of the beggarly, half-made societies of the world.
- The passage cited above is full of nostalgia for the ‘heroic’ days of his beggarly existence in Paris.
Synonyms
wretched, miserable, sordid, squalid, shabby, shoddy, mean, base, vile, foul, despicable, unpleasant
poor, poverty-stricken, impoverished, distressed, beggared, needy, penniless, destitute, indigent, impecunious, penurious
informal hard up, on one's uppers

Derivatives

beggarliness

noun

It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is not a noisy and showy beggarliness, nor is it a mask for laziness and neglect.
- Why have we allowed this embarrassing beggarliness to become an annual ritual?
- This kind of poverty is absolutely beggarliness.

Definition of beggarly in US English:

beggarly

adjectiveˈbeɡərlēˈbɛɡərli

1Pitifully or deplorably meager or bad.
the stipend was a beggarly $26
my beggarly physical condition
Example sentencesExamples
- A beggarly tribute to all that is retrogressive, stupid, and mean.
- Oh, ye crowds of rags and patches, frail, sinful and beggarly, what about it?
- He uses weak and beggarly things like you and me so that the glory might redound to him alone.
- Or if anyone could contrive to return in beggarly disguise after ten years' maritime battering and see off all his swaggering rivals with a deliciously unexpected volte-face, Vick would be your man.
- A mere vagabond, idle person, hating labour, a drunkard, a sot, one of no spirit or forecast, delighting to live beggarly and carelessly, one content in no condition of life, either good or ill.
- What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men, a beggarly account of empty boxes?
Synonyms
meagre, modest, slight, lean, scant, scanty, skimpy, puny, inadequate, insufficient, insubstantial, miserly, paltry, pitiful, derisory, niggardly, ungenerous, miserable, contemptible, despicable
1. 1.1 Poverty-stricken.
  Example sentencesExamples
  One of the beggarly, half-made societies of the world.
  The report of Dr. London nine days after the surrender, to the effect that the friary was a beggarly place and all that it contained would not suffice to pay its debts, is very much to the credit of this mendicant house.
  The poor peasants, to whom my apparent poverty and my beggarly attire gave confidence, described their distress in that country where the soil does not produce every year enough grain to pay the pax in kind.
  Ay, but Sir John, I think they are exceedingly poor and bare, too beggarly.
  The passage cited above is full of nostalgia for the ‘heroic’ days of his beggarly existence in Paris.
  Synonyms
  wretched, miserable, sordid, squalid, shabby, shoddy, mean, base, vile, foul, despicable, unpleasant

单词	beggarly
释义	Definition of beggarly in English: beggarly adjective ˈbɛɡəliˈbɛɡərli 1Pitifully or deplorably meagre or bad. the stipend in 1522 was a beggarly 26 shillings Example sentencesExamples He uses weak and beggarly things like you and me so that the glory might redound to him alone. A mere vagabond, idle person, hating labour, a drunkard, a sot, one of no spirit or forecast, delighting to live beggarly and carelessly, one content in no condition of life, either good or ill. A beggarly tribute to all that is retrogressive, stupid, and mean. What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men, a beggarly account of empty boxes? Or if anyone could contrive to return in beggarly disguise after ten years' maritime battering and see off all his swaggering rivals with a deliciously unexpected volte-face, Vick would be your man. Oh, ye crowds of rags and patches, frail, sinful and beggarly, what about it? Synonyms meagre, modest, slight, lean, scant, scanty, skimpy, puny, inadequate, insufficient, insubstantial, miserly, paltry, pitiful, derisory, niggardly, ungenerous, miserable, contemptible, despicable informal measly, stingy, lousy, pathetic, piddling, piffling, mingy, poxy rare exiguous 2Poverty-stricken; very poor. his circumstances were beggarly Example sentencesExamples Ay, but Sir John, I think they are exceedingly poor and bare, too beggarly. The report of Dr. London nine days after the surrender, to the effect that the friary was a beggarly place and all that it contained would not suffice to pay its debts, is very much to the credit of this mendicant house. The poor peasants, to whom my apparent poverty and my beggarly attire gave confidence, described their distress in that country where the soil does not produce every year enough grain to pay the pax in kind. One of the beggarly, half-made societies of the world. The passage cited above is full of nostalgia for the ‘heroic’ days of his beggarly existence in Paris. Synonyms wretched, miserable, sordid, squalid, shabby, shoddy, mean, base, vile, foul, despicable, unpleasant poor, poverty-stricken, impoverished, distressed, beggared, needy, penniless, destitute, indigent, impecunious, penurious informal hard up, on one's uppers Derivatives beggarliness noun It was the beggarliness of his companion that caused him the most pain. Example sentencesExamples It is not a noisy and showy beggarliness, nor is it a mask for laziness and neglect. Why have we allowed this embarrassing beggarliness to become an annual ritual? This kind of poverty is absolutely beggarliness. Definition of beggarly in US English: beggarly adjectiveˈbeɡərlēˈbɛɡərli 1Pitifully or deplorably meager or bad. the stipend was a beggarly $26 my beggarly physical condition Example sentencesExamples A beggarly tribute to all that is retrogressive, stupid, and mean. Oh, ye crowds of rags and patches, frail, sinful and beggarly, what about it? He uses weak and beggarly things like you and me so that the glory might redound to him alone. Or if anyone could contrive to return in beggarly disguise after ten years' maritime battering and see off all his swaggering rivals with a deliciously unexpected volte-face, Vick would be your man. A mere vagabond, idle person, hating labour, a drunkard, a sot, one of no spirit or forecast, delighting to live beggarly and carelessly, one content in no condition of life, either good or ill. What man but a philosopher would not be ashamed to see his furniture packed in a cart and going up country exposed to the light of heaven and the eyes of men, a beggarly account of empty boxes? Synonyms meagre, modest, slight, lean, scant, scanty, skimpy, puny, inadequate, insufficient, insubstantial, miserly, paltry, pitiful, derisory, niggardly, ungenerous, miserable, contemptible, despicable 1.1 Poverty-stricken. Example sentencesExamples One of the beggarly, half-made societies of the world. The report of Dr. London nine days after the surrender, to the effect that the friary was a beggarly place and all that it contained would not suffice to pay its debts, is very much to the credit of this mendicant house. The poor peasants, to whom my apparent poverty and my beggarly attire gave confidence, described their distress in that country where the soil does not produce every year enough grain to pay the pax in kind. Ay, but Sir John, I think they are exceedingly poor and bare, too beggarly. The passage cited above is full of nostalgia for the ‘heroic’ days of his beggarly existence in Paris. Synonyms wretched, miserable, sordid, squalid, shabby, shoddy, mean, base, vile, foul, despicable, unpleasant
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