beggarly (noun) | poor (noun) |
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people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group) |
beggarly (adjective) | poor (adjective) |
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marked by poverty befitting a beggar | having little money or few possessions |
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | characterized by or indicating poverty |
lacking in quality or substances | |
deserving or inciting pity | |
of insufficient quantity to meet a need |