Antonyms for beggarly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : beg-er-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛg ər li


Definition of beggarly

Origin :
  • 1520s, from beggar (n.) + -ly (1).
  • adj poor
Example sentences :
  • The dog too went: the most noble-looking item in the beggarly assets.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • I'd be sorry to like it; a dirty, beggarly, sickly place as I ever saw!
  • Extract from : « The Midnight Queen » by May Agnes Fleming
  • But, Sir, these be nought save a parcel of beggarly craftsmen.
  • Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • And all because she will not find a beggarly sum which she could get by turning her diamonds into paste.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I say, down with the aristocracy, the beggarly British aristocracy.
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • She pointed to the bare walls, the broken furniture, their beggarly attire.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various
  • I say down with the aristocracy, the beggarly British aristocracy.
  • Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
  • You ran—you turned and ran to save your beggarly life—coward!
  • Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn
  • O, the boy, a bare-legg'd beggarly son of a gun, For one-and-fourpence.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various
  • Confound him and his beggarly high cheek-bones, and his Caledonian pock-pits.
  • Extract from : « Acadia » by Frederic S. Cozzens

Synonyms for beggarly

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