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meanly

1

[ meen-lee ]

adverb

  1. in a poor, lowly, or humble manner.
  2. in a base, contemptible, selfish, or shabby manner.
  3. in a stingy or miserly manner.


meanly

2

[ meen-lee ]

adverb

Obsolete.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of meanly1

First recorded in 1350–1400, meanly is from the Middle English word meneli. See mean 2, -ly

Origin of meanly2

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mean 3, -ly
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“They are cowardly and meanly hiding his body, refusing to give it to his mother and lying miserably,” she said.

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“They are cowardly and meanly hiding his body, refusing to give it to his mother and lying miserably while waiting for the trace of” poison to disappear, Navalnaya said.

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It’s a meanly suggestive line, and it haunts the movie’s every subsequent frame; you can never be sure whether its three vignettes are being told in sequential order or happening completely independently of each other.

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It rides that line between enjoying the genre without meanly mocking it.

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“The enemies of Russia meanly, stealthily killed her,” Dugin said in the statement, which also praised his daughter as a patriot and philosopher.

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