different between happily vs beggarly

English

Etymology

From Middle English happily, happyly, happyliche, happylyche, equivalent to happy +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha.p?.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hæ.p?.li/

Adverb

happily (comparative more happily, superlative most happily)

1. (archaic) By chance; perhaps.

   Synonym: haply
2. By good chance; fortunately, successfully.
3. In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
   • 1808, Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Minerva Press for Lane and Newman, page 311:

     And thus I have given the first part of a life of fortune and adventure, a life of Providence's chequer-work, and of a variety which the world will seldom be able to shew the like of: beginning foolishly, but closing much more happily than any part of it ever gave me leave so much as to hope for.

4. With good will; in all happiness; willingly.

Translations

English

Etymology

beggar +? -ly

Adjective

beggarly (comparative beggarlier, superlative beggarliest)

1. In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

   beggarly fellow

2. Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging.

   beggarly rags

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living

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

3. (by extension) inadequate or meagre.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• beggarliness

Adverb

beggarly (comparative more beggarly, superlative most beggarly)

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