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单词 beggarly
释义 beg·gar·ly
I. \-gə(r)lē, -li\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from beggare + -ly
archaic : in a mean, servile, or despicable manner
 < entreated them beggarly for alms >
II. adjective
Etymology: beggar (I) + -ly
1. : befitting or like a beggar : marked by low mean unrelieved poverty
 < beggarly starved-out paupers — Anthony Trollope >
2. : meriting or arousing contempt or disain especially by being mean, scant, or paltry
 < the poorest and most beggarly things … in the whole range of criticism — George Saintsbury >
Synonyms: see contemptible
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