beggarly vs beside the point

beggarly

adj
  • inadequate or meagre. 

  • Fit for a beggar; occasioned by begging. 

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

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

beside the point

adj
  • Irrelevant, moot. 

adv
  • Irrelevantly, off-topic. 

How often have the words beggarly and beside the point occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )