What does Meanly mean?

Definitions for Meanly
ˈmin limean·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nastily, meanlyadverb

    in a nasty ill-tempered manner

    "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily"

  2. meanly, scurvily, baselyadverb

    in a despicable, ignoble manner

    "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"

  3. meanlyadverb

    poorly or in an inferior manner

    "troops meanly equipped"

  4. meanly, humblyadverb

    in a miserly manner

    "they lived meanly and without ostentation"

Wiktionary

  1. meanlyadverb

    Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.

  2. meanlyadverb

    Poorly or inadequately.

  3. meanlyadverb

    In a mean manner; ill-willed, nastily.

    He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Meanlyadverb

    Etymology: from mean.

    Dr. Metcalfe, master of St. John’s College, a man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. Roger Ascham, Schoolmaster.

    In the reign of Domitian, poetry was but meanly cultivated, but painting eminently flourished. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    It was the winter wild,
    While the heav’n-born child,
    All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. John Milton.

    The Persian state will not endure a king
    So meanly born. John Denham, Sophy.

    Would you meanly thus rely
    On power, you know I must obey. Matthew Prior.

    Our kindred, and our very names, seem to have something desireable in them: we cannot bear to have others think meanly of them. Isaac Watts, Logick.

ChatGPT

  1. meanly

    Meanly generally refers to something done in a way that lacks generosity or is of poor, inferior, or average quality. It can also mean behaving in an unkind, spiteful, or unfair manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Meanlyadverb

    moderately

  2. Meanlyadverb

    in a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously

  3. Etymology: [Mean middle.]

Anagrams for Meanly »

  1. laymen

  2. namely

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Meanly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Meanly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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