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beggarly

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beg⋅gar⋅ly

  [beg-er-lee]
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–adjective
1. like or befitting a beggar.
2. meanly inadequate: How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?
Origin:
1520–30; beggar + -ly

Related forms:
beg⋅gar⋅li⋅ness, noun
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beg·gar·ly   (běg'ər-lē)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or befitting a beggar; very poor: a beggarly existence in the slums.

  2. So mean, petty, or paltry as to deserve contempt.

beg'gar·li·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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