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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an indigent or destitute manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an indigent manner.

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  • adverb In an indigent manner.

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Examples

  • Álvaro Rafael ofPlaneta en Fuego [es] indigently analyzes the responsibildiad about the power outage and the political discourse:

    Venezuela: Left in the Dark 2008

  • The bare-bodied, the indigently clad, no longer have the right to use and occupy them, without a permit, on the strength of their smiling faces alone.

    My Reminiscences Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • "What right have you to ask?" she began indigently.

    Keith of the Border Randall Parrish 1890

  • The red dust swirled, still propelled by the force of my throw, but ceased to move only seconds after so indigently being thrown in.

    SF0 2008

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