| ADJECTIVE | all | beggarly, mean | marked by poverty befitting a beggar |
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| all | beggarly, mean | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt |
| Meaning | marked by poverty befitting a beggar. | |
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| Example | "a beggarly existence in the slums" | |
| Synonym | mean | |
| Broader | poor | Characterized by or indicating poverty |
| Spanish | humilde, miserable | |
| Nouns | beggar | a pauper who lives by begging |
| Meaning | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt / contempt. | |
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| Synonym | mean | |
| Broader | stingy, ungenerous | Unwilling to spend |
| Spanish | miserable | |
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