meanly

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}]
    

Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [{Mean} middle.]
   Moderately. [Obs.]
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         A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly
         affectioned to set forward learning in others.
                                                  --Ascham.
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Meanly \Mean"ly\, adv. [From {Mean} low.]
   In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
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         While the heaven-born child
         All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. --Milton.
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         Would you meanly thus rely
         On power you know I must obey ?          --Prior.
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         We can not bear to have others think meanly of them
         [our kindred].                           --I. Watts.
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51 Moby Thesaurus words for "meanly":
      abjectly, abominably, arrantly, atrociously, balefully, basely,
      closefistedly, commonly, contemptibly, despicably, execrably,
      flagrantly, foully, grossly, harmfully, hatefully, heinously,
      illiberally, in spite, inferiorly, iniquitously, invidiously,
      maleficently, malevolently, maliciously, malignantly, miserably,
      monstrously, nastily, nefariously, niggardly, noxiously,
      obnoxiously, odiously, ornerily, pettily, poorly, scurvily,
      shabbily, shoddily, sordidly, spitefully, stingily, tightfistedly,
      ungenerously, vilely, wickedly, with bad intent,
      with malice aforethought, with malice prepense, wretchedly