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 | ||