Modifying Another Word

• virtually: He made a large fortune but by the time he returned to England, he was virtually penniless.

• almost: Almost penniless the family moved from lodging to lodging.

• nearly: Smee felt cheated and was left nearly penniless with just broken promises.

• now: Episode 2 ( 16 SEP 93 ) " Living Together " Diana, now penniless, has moved in with Tom.

• not: I am currently self-employed and whilst I am not penniless, I do have to be careful how much I spend.

• practically: He died in Rome in 1961, practically penniless.

Used with adjective complement

• die: Hare is thought to have died penniless in London in 1859.

• leave: Little did they realize that, just 18 months later, they'd be left penniless.

• arrive: The game opens with you, a little guy or girl with horns, arriving penniless in a town populated with anthropomorphic animals.

• abandon: Executives are not abandoned penniless in the Rift Valley as a test of initiative.

Modifies a noun

• artist: They are usually penniless artists, musicians, playwrights or poets.

• student: I was gutted, a penniless student at the time!

• man: Things look pretty desperate for the penniless old man and the cash-strapped old woman, that is until Dusty the Vacuum Cleaner Boy arrives.

• immigrant: There is a high proportion of penniless immigrants arriving at Victoria Station from Eastern Europe in search of work and a new life.

• refugee: His family migrated first to St Petersburg and then after the Russian revolution to London, but they were not penniless refugees.

• wanderer: He deliberately encouraged his twelve apostles to abandon their homes and their work and become penniless wanderers.