Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, a.
   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. [Obs.]

            Beggarly sins, that is, those sins which idleness
            and beggary usually betray men to; such as lying,
            flattery, stealing, and dissimulation. --Jer.
                                                  Taylor.

Beggarly \Beg"gar*ly\, adv.
   In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of
   a beggar.

Source : WordNet®

beggarly
     adj 1: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence
            in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: {mean}]
     2: used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve
        contempt [syn: {mean}]