Definitions of meanly [ˈmin li]

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Definition of 'meanly'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adv.) meanly
in lowly manner; humbly.

2. meanly
in a contemptible or selfish manner.

3. meanly
in a miserly manner.

Etymology: (1350–1400)

Definition of 'meanly'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adverb) nastily, meanly
in a nasty ill-tempered manner
"`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily"

2. (adverb) meanly, scurvily, basely
in a despicable, ignoble manner
"this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"

3. (adverb) meanly
poorly or in an inferior manner
"troops meanly equipped"

4. (adverb) meanly, humbly
in a miserly manner
"they lived meanly and without ostentation"

Definition of 'meanly'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) meanly
moderately

2. (adverb) meanly
in a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously

Translation of 'meanly'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of a house etc) of poor quality; humble a mean dwelling.
Afrikaans: arm	Arabic: بِدَناءَه، بِخساسَه	Bulgarian: оскъдно
Brazilian: avaramente	Czech: skoupě	German: niedrig
Danish: ondskabsfuldt	Greek: μίζερα, δύστροπα, άθλια	Spanish: de forma mezquina
Estonian: alatult	Farsi: ازروی پستی	Finnish: halpamaisesti
French: chichement	Hebrew: בְאוֹרַח שָׁפָל, בְּאוֹפֶ	Hindi: नीचता से, पाजीपन से
Croatian: nisko, podlo	Hungarian: szegényesen, szűkösen; al	Indonesian: secara jahat
Icelandic: fátæklega; smásálarlega	Italian: meschinamente; avaramente	Japanese: 卑劣に
Korean: 초라하게	Lithuanian: prastai, piktai,šykščiai	Latvian: skopi; zemiski; pieticīgi
Malay: dengan kejam	Dutch: gemeen, armzalig	Norwegian: simpelt; ondskapsfullt
Polish: nędznie	Persian: ازروی پستی	Pashto: د رذالت له مخى
Portuguese: avaramente	Romanian: sărăcăcios; meschin	Russian: низко; скудно
Slovak: skúpo	Slovenian: skopo	Serbian: zlobno
Swedish: simpelt, torftigt, gement	Thai: อย่างโหดร้าย	Turkish: cimrice; alçakçasına
Taiwanese: 吝嗇地，惡意地，不厚道	Ukrainian: підло, низько	Urdu: کمینے پن سے
Vietnamese: một cách hèn hạ	Chinese: 吝啬地，卑贱地，吝啬地
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