beggarly

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beg·gar·ly / ˈbegərlē/ • adj. poverty-stricken. ∎  pitifully or deplorably bad: the beggarly physical condition to which I had been reduced. ∎  very small and mean: the stipend was a beggarly $26.DERIVATIVES: beg·gar·li·ness n.

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