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meanly

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mean·ly  (mnl)
adv.
In a poor, lowly, or base manner.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.meanly - in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily"
nastily
2.meanly - in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
basely, scurvily
3.meanly - poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"
4.meanly - in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"
humbly
Translations
meanly [ˈmiːnlɪ] ADV
1. (= stingily) → mezquinamente
2. (= nastily) → maliciosamente
meanly
adv
(esp Brit: = ungenerously) → geizig, knauserig
(= unkindly) behave, treat → gemein; meanly, he took her last cigarette → er war so gemein, ihre letzte Zigarette zu nehmen
meanly [ˈmiːnlɪ] adv
a. (stingily) → avaramente
b. (unkindly) → meschinamente, grettamente
c. (Am) (viciously) → perfidamente
meanly [ˈmiːnlɪ] adv
a. (stingily) → avaramente
b. (unkindly) → meschinamente, grettamente
c. (Am) (viciously) → perfidamente


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Much might be ruminated here, concerning the essential dignity of this regal process, because in common life we esteem but meanly and contemptibly a fellow who anoints his hair, and palpably smells of that anointing.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
On my side you may be sure of its never being more, for if I were not attached to another person as much as I can be to anyone, I should make a point of not bestowing my affection on a man who had dared to think so meanly of me.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
The fact that Speranski was the son of a village priest, and that stupid people might meanly despise him on account of his humble origin (as in fact many did), caused Prince Andrew to cherish his sentiment for him the more, and unconsciously to strengthen it.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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