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.
2.
Produced or occasioned by beggary.
[Obs.]
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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Beg"gar*ly, adv.
In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
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