1) Like or befitting a beggar 2) Living in extreme poverty 3) Mean 4) Poor 1) Stingy 
• (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible. • (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary. • (adv.) In an indigent, mean, or despicable manner; in the manner of a beggar.
Beg'gar·ly 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....
[adj] - marked by poverty befitting a beggar 2. [adj] - used of sums of money
mean adjective marked by poverty befitting a beggar; `a beggarly existence in the slums`; `a mean hut`
like or befitting a beggar. · meanly inadequate: How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?