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beggarly

English

  1. 🔊 (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt
  2. 🔊 marked by poverty befitting a beggar
    “a beggarly existence in the slums”

Similar words

mean mean abject abominable arrant atrocious backscratching bare-handed base base-minded beggared beneath contempt bereaved bereft bootlicking cheap cheesy common contemptible cowering crawling cringing crouching crummy