| meanly |
| meanly | (adv) in a despicable, ignoble manner, Syn. basely, scurvily, Example: this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society |
| meanly | (adv) poorly or in an inferior manner, Example: troops meanly equipped |
| meanly | (adv) in a miserly manner, Syn. humbly, Example: they lived meanly and without ostentation |
| Meanly | adv. [ Mean middle. ] Moderately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Meanly | adv. [ From Mean low. ] In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously. [ 1913 Webster ] While the heaven-born child Would you meanly thus rely We can not bear to have others think meanly of them [ our kindred ]. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ] |