meanly

Words with a similar base: meanly

'meanly'

[nastily.r.01] as in: in a nasty ill-tempered manner

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

'meanly'

[meanly.r.02] as in: in a despicable, ignoble manner

Examples:
this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society

'meanly'

[meanly.r.03] as in: poorly or in an inferior manner

Examples:
troops meanly equipped

'meanly'

[meanly.r.04] as in: in a miserly manner

Examples:
they lived meanly and without ostentation

Origins

					meanly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── mean (English)
    ├── meene (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── meien (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    ├── mene (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── menen (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── mænan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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