Definitions
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- adverb With no
money .
Etymologies
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penniless + -ly
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Examples
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And then it tapped its forehead significantly, and whispered, "Too bad!" and added (with ill-concealed pleasure at finding new misfortune to talk about) that the Selectmen had told Mr. Dean, the superintendent, that he could call at Dyer's Hotel -- to which Nathaniel, peacefully and pennilessly, had drifted -- and take him out to the Farm.
Life at High Tide Henry Mills Alden 1877
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