beggarly
adjective
[ ˈbɛɡəli ]
• pitifully or deplorably meagre or bad.
• "the stipend in 1522 was a beggarly 26 shillings"
Similar:
meagre,
modest,
slight,
lean,
scant,
scanty,
skimpy,
puny,
inadequate,
insufficient,
insubstantial,
miserly,
paltry,
pitiful,
derisory,
ungenerous,
miserable,
contemptible,
despicable,
measly,
stingy,
lousy,
pathetic,
piddling,
piffling,
mingy,
poxy,
exiguous,
• poverty-stricken; very poor.
• "his circumstances were beggarly"
Similar:
wretched,
miserable,
sordid,
squalid,
shabby,
shoddy,
mean,
base,
vile,
foul,
despicable,
unpleasant,
poor,
poverty-stricken,
impoverished,
distressed,
beggared,
needy,
penniless,
destitute,
indigent,
impecunious,
penurious,
hard up,
on one's uppers,
