meanly
adverb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adverb
in a nasty ill-tempered manner
`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily
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Sense 2 adverb
in a despicable, ignoble manner
this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society
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- low-down derived from
- meanspirited derived from
Sense 3 adverb
poorly or in an inferior manner
troops meanly equipped
Related & opposite
- beggarly derived from
Sense 4 adverb
in a miserly manner
they lived meanly and without ostentation
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | nasty |
| 1 | derived from | Related & opposite | mean |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | low-down |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | meanspirited |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | beggarly |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | beggarly |
| 4 | derived from | Related & opposite | humble |