meanly

• POS: Adverb
• HYPHEN: mean=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

meanly, adv. [Mean middle.].

 Moderately.  [1913 Webster]
"A man meanly learned himself, but not meanly affectioned to set forward learning in others."  [1913 Webster]

meanly, adv. [From Mean low.].

 In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously.  [1913 Webster]
"While the heaven-born child
All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies."  [1913 Webster]
"Would you meanly thus rely
On power you know I must obey ?"  [1913 Webster]
"We can not bear to have others think meanly of them [our kindred]."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

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