beggarly

beggarly has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
• a.. Produced or occasioned by beggary.
• adv.. In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
• a.. (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
• a.. marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut"