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Beggarly vs Servile - What's the difference?

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Beggarly is a related term of servile.


As adjectives the difference between beggarly and servile

is that beggarly is in the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible while servile is of or pertaining to a slave.

As an adverb beggarly

is in an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

As a noun servile is

(grammar) an element which forms no part of the original root.

beggarly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
    • beggarly fellow
  • Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.
    • beggarly rags
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation.
  • (by extension) inadequate or meagre.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * beggarliness

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.

    • servile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or pertaining to a slave
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!
  • submissive or slavish
    • servile''' flattery; '''servile obedience
  • (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
    • a servile letter
  • (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e'' in ''tune .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

    • Antonyms

    * radical

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