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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

beggarly
    adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly
           existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly,
           mean]
    2: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve
       contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, a.
   1. 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.
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   2. Produced or occasioned by beggary. [Obs.]
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            Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness
            and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying,
            flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, adv.
   In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of
   a beggar.
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