[syn: meanly, humbly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [Mean middle.]
Moderately. [Obs.]
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A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly
affectioned to set forward learning in others.
--Ascham.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [From Mean low.]
In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
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While the heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. --Milton.
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Would you meanly thus rely
On power you know I must obey ? --Prior.
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We can not bear to have others think meanly of them
[our kindred]. --I. Watts.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
meanly
adv 1: in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help
you,' he added nastily" [syn: nastily, meanly]
2: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly,
scurvily, basely]
3: poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"
4: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without
ostentation" [syn: meanly, humbly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "meanly":
abjectly, abominably, arrantly, atrociously, balefully, basely,
closefistedly, commonly, contemptibly, despicably, execrably,
flagrantly, foully, grossly, harmfully, hatefully, heinously,
illiberally, in spite, inferiorly, iniquitously, invidiously,
maleficently, malevolently, maliciously, malignantly, miserably,
monstrously, nastily, nefariously, niggardly, noxiously,
obnoxiously, odiously, ornerily, pettily, poorly, scurvily,
shabbily, shoddily, sordidly, spitefully, stingily, tightfistedly,
ungenerously, vilely, wickedly, with bad intent,
with malice aforethought, with malice prepense, wretchedly