mean·ly /ˈminli/
(ad.)貧乏地;寒酸地;卑劣地;吝嗇地
Mean·ly, adv. Moderately. [Obs.]
A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others. --Ascham.
Mean·ly, adv. In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.
While the heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. --Milton.
Would you meanly thus rely
On power you know I must obey ? --Prior.
We can not bear to have others think meanly of them [our kindred]. --I. Watts.
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meanly
adv 1: in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help
you,' he added nastily" [syn: nastily]
2: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly
threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: scurvily,
basely]
3: poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"
4: in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without
ostentation" [syn: humbly]