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meanly
1[ meen-lee ]
adverb
- in a poor, lowly, or humble manner.
- in a base, contemptible, selfish, or shabby manner.
- in a stingy or miserly manner.
meanly
2[ meen-lee ]
adverb
, Obsolete.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of meanly1
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Example Sentences
Second, we have in Barack Obama a president who values Britain as meanly as he might Arizona.
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Meanly concerned only with his own safety, and willing to resort to lying, in order to escape responsibility.
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It outrages me that even a bourgeois should so meanly misjudge the aspirations of an active revolutionist.
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I used to think meanly of the plumber; but how he shines beside the politician!
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He knew by heart a meanly written Roman History, and no passage in Corneille could hold an invincible word.
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And with this he confessed to a distinct feeling of littleness, of having acted meanly or unworthily of himself or of her.
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