— indigently , adv.
/in"di jeuhnt/ , adj.
1. lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
2. Archaic.
a. deficient in what is requisite.
b. destitute (usually fol. by of ).
n.
3. a person who is indigent.
[ 1350-1400; ME indigent- (s. of indigens ) prp. of indigere to need, lack, be poor, equiv. to ind- by-form of in- IN- 2 (cf. INDAGATE) + -ig- (comb. form of egere to need, lack) + -ent- -ENT ]
Syn. 1. necessitous, penurious, distressed.