Beggarly vs Beggarlike - What's the difference?
beggarly | beggarlike | Synonyms |
In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
* Jeremy Taylor
(by extension) inadequate or meagre.
Beggarlike is a synonym of beggarly.
As adjectives the difference between beggarly and beggarlike
is that beggarly is in the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible while beggarlike is resembling a beggar or some aspect of one: poor, wheedling, insolent, etc.As an adverb beggarly
is in an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.beggarly
English
Adjective
(er)- beggarly fellow
- beggarly rags
- Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.