indigent
adjective
lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.
indigently
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a word derived from
indigent.
Example Sentences
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How indigently and feebly this emergency-belief presents itself to us!
From Thoughts out of Season Part I by Anthony M. (Anthony Mario) Ludovici
"What right have you to ask?" she began indigently.
From Keith of the Border by Randall Parrish
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.
From My Reminiscences by Sasi Kumar Hesh
