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- Middle English · inherited frombeggarly
- English todaybeggarly
From beggar + -ly; adverb via Middle English beggarly, beggerly.
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beggarly
Today it means: In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. Full definition →
Middle English beggarly