Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beggarly

Beggarly ({not transcribed}) , adjective

1.
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
A bankrupt, beggarly fellow. — South
A beggarly fellowship. — Swift
Beggarly elements. — Gal. iv. 9
2.
Produced or occasioned by beggary. [Obsolete]
Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying, flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. — Jer. Taylor

Beggarly , adverb

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