beggarly Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite marked by poverty befitting a beggar
mean.
- a beggarly existence in the slums
- a mean hut
adjective satellite (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
mean.

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv. 9.
Produced or occasioned by beggary. Obs.
Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. Jer. Taylor.