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
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
"What right have you to ask?" she began indigently.
From Keith of the Border by Randall Parrish
