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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

















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