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Beggarly (Adjective)

Marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut".

All adjective clusters.

The family was forced to live a beggarly existence in the rundown apartment.
Their beggarly state was evident in the tattered clothes they wore.
The small, ramshackle hut was a beggarly abode, barely suitable for human habitation.
The old man's beggarly appearance, with his tattered coat and scrawny frame, evoked pity from passersby.
After losing his job, John was reduced to a beggarly life, struggling to make ends meet.

(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt.

All adjective clusters.

The miserly old man left a beggarly tip of 50 cents for the waiter who had served him for hours.
She was paid a beggarly wage for her work and had to take a second job just to make ends meet.
The company's profits were so meager that it was forced to pay its investors a beggarly dividend.
He was shocked by the beggarly amount of the settlement he received after years of litigation.
The charity received a beggarly donation of $100 from the wealthy businessman, who could have easily afforded more.