beggarly

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective marked by poverty befitting a beggar
  2. adjective (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

Etymology

From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly.

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