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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a despicable, ignoble manner;
- Example: "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
[syn: meanly, scurvily, basely]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Basely \Base"ly\, adv.
   1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably;
      shamefully.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] --Knolles.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

basely
    adv 1: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
           threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn:
           meanly, scurvily, basely]