beggarly

Meaning

Adj

1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
3. inadequate or meagre.

Adv

In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Synonyms

mean

poor

wretched

miserable

destitute

indigent

bastardly

ignoble

scant

forlorn

abject

grotty

piteous

beastly

squalid

unblessed

rotten

scrub

scrubby

seedy

shabby

sordid

sorry

unblest

unenviable

villainous

woeful

worthless

mangey

medicant

caitiff

chintzy

deplorable

dirty

disgraceful

filthy

haggard

humble

inferior

low-down

peeled

pitiable

pitiful

poverty-stricken

putrid

Etymology

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