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Meaning of meanly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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