Beg"gar*ly (?), a. 1.
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar;
extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. "A
bankrupt, beggarly fellow." South. "A beggarly
fellowship." Swift. "Beggarly elements." Gal. iv.
9.
2. Produced or occasioned by beggary.
[Obs.]
Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and
beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and
dissimulation.
Jer. Taylor.
Beg"gar*ly, adv. In an indigent, mean,
or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.