beggarly
中文解釋
wordnet sense
Collocation Usage
Collins Definition
Adjective
Poverty-stricken,
/ˈbegərlē/,
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Poverty-stricken,
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Poverty-stricken
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Pitifully or deplorably bad
- - the beggarly physical condition to which I had been reduced
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Very small and mean
- - the stipend was a beggarly $26
Web Definitions:
- marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"
- (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- (Beggarliness) Begging (or panhandling in the US) is to request a donation in a supplicating manner. Beggars are commonly found in public places such as street corners or public transport, where they request money, most commonly in the form of spare change. ...
- In the manner of a beggar; Fit for a beggar; By extension, inadequate or meagre