English adverb: meanly | |||
1. | meanly in a nasty ill-tempered manner | ||
Samples | `Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily. | ||
Synonyms | nastily | ||
2. | meanly in a despicable, ignoble manner | ||
Samples | This new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society. | ||
Synonyms | basely, scurvily | ||
3. | meanly poorly or in an inferior manner | ||
Samples | Troops meanly equipped. | ||
4. | meanly in a miserly manner | ||
Samples | They lived meanly and without ostentation. | ||
Synonyms | humbly | ||