Associations to the word «Beggarly»

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Wiktionary

BEGGARLY, adjective. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
BEGGARLY, adjective. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
BEGGARLY, adjective. (by extension) inadequate or meagre.
BEGGARLY, adverb. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

Dictionary definition

BEGGARLY, adjective. Marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut".
BEGGARLY, adjective. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King