What is another word for beggarly?

Pronunciation: [bˈɛɡəli] (IPA)

Beggarly is an adjective that is used to describe something that is deficient or inadequate. It can also refer to something that is unworthy or shameful. There are several other synonyms that can be used in place of beggarly to convey similar meanings. These synonyms include measly, paltry, poor, pitiable, pitiful, threadbare, trifling, and insufficient. All of these words refer to something that is lacking in quantity, quality, or worth. Using these synonyms can help to provide greater variation and emphasis in communication, conveying the intended meaning more precisely.

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What are the opposite words for beggarly?

The word "beggarly" is often used to describe something that is poor or of low quality. However, there are many antonyms that can be used to describe things that are the opposite of beggarly. Some of these antonyms include affluent, wealthy, prosperous, opulent, luxurious, abundant, and plentiful. These words denote abundance and richness in contrast to beggarly's poverty and scarcity. The antonyms can be used to describe anything from lifestyles to possessions, and can provide a more positive and vibrant tone to any piece of writing.

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Usage examples for Beggarly

An outsider like myself with the income I have mentioned doesn't have nearly such a good time as a smart young sprig of good family, who's been born and bred in the swim, can get with a beggarly fifteen hundred a year."
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay
Mignon, however, was secretly furious at the, to her, unbelievable report that "that beggarly Stevens girl could actually sing."
"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"
Pauline Lester
"Every acre-every stick and stone of it-except," added he, with a sickly attempt at a smile, "a beggarly tract, near Kiltimmon, Mary has a charge upon."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Beggarly

  • Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
    Arthur Murphy
  • No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.
    Jeremy Taylor
  • A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: one whom I will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.
    Earl of Kent
  • What is Jordan that I should wash in it What is the preaching that I should attend on it, while I hear nothing but what I knew before What are these beggarly elements of water, bread, and wine Are not these the reasonings of a soul that forgets who appoints the means of grace
    William Gurnall
  • Wit is the most rascally, contemptible, beggarly thing on the face of the earth.
    Arthur Murphy

Related words:

-beggarly behaviour

-beggarly appearance

-beggarly behaviour

-beggarly situation

-beggarly state

-beggarly wretch

-beggarly woman

-beggarly plight

-beggarly living

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