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Cringing vs Beggarly - What's the difference?

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Cringing is a related term of beggarly.


As a verb cringing

is .

As a noun cringing

is act of one who cringes.

As an adjective beggarly is

in the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

As an adverb beggarly is

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

cringing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Act of one who cringes.
    • the servile bowings and cringings of courtiers

    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.