1. extremely poor; showing poverty
2. inadequate in amount; pitifully small
3. contemptibly mean or unworthy

Examples

• The family lived in beggarly conditions in the rundown apartment.
• He offered only a beggarly sum for the valuable antique.
• The workers received beggarly wages despite their hard labor.
• She refused his beggarly apology after such a serious offense.
• The charity provided help to beggarly families in the neighborhood.
• His beggarly appearance made people avoid him on the street.
• The company’s beggarly offer insulted the talented candidate.