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beggarly
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/ˈbɛɡəli/
US
/ˈbɛɡərli/
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beggarly
adjective
beggarlier
Comp.
beggarliest
Super.
UK
/ˈbɛɡəli/
US
/ˈbɛɡɚli/
dérisoire
Sens de quantité ou de qualité ridiculement faible.
They offered a beggarly sum for the priceless manuscript.
Ils ont offert une somme dérisoire pour le manuscrit inestimable.
misérable
Sens de pauvreté extrême.
He lived in a beggarly hut on the outskirts of town.
Il vivait dans une hutte misérable à la périphérie de la ville.
Synonyms
penniless
scanty
miserable
poverty-stricken
needy
poor
impoverished
destitute
indigent
paltry
impecunious
meager
beggarly
adverb
UK
/ˈbɛɡəli/
US
/ˈbɛɡərli/
misérablement
They rewarded him beggarly, offering only a handful of coins for days of work.
Ils l’ont récompensé misérablement, en lui offrant seulement une poignée de pièces pour des jours de travail.
Synonyms
miserly
penuriously
niggardly
parsimoniously
pitifully
paltrily
sparsely
meagerly
scantily
Definitions
beggarly
adjective
Living in or characteristic of extreme poverty; destitute.
He lived in a beggarly hut on the outskirts of town.
Ridiculously small or scant in amount or quality; meager.
They offered a beggarly sum for the priceless manuscript.
beggarly
adverb
In a miserably inadequate or meager manner; like a beggar.
They rewarded him beggarly, offering only a handful of coins for days of work.
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