I. -gə(r)lē, -li adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from beggare + -ly
archaic : in a mean, servile, or despicable manner
entreated them beggarly for alms
II. adjective
Etymology: beggar (I) + -ly
1. : befitting or like a beggar : marked by low mean unrelieved poverty
beggarly starved-out paupers — Anthony Trollope
2. : meriting or arousing contempt or disain especially by being mean, scant, or paltry
the poorest and most beggarly things … in the whole range of criticism — George Saintsbury
Synonyms: see contemptible