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# meanly

adverb (meanly)

«meanly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Meanly means in an unkind or nasty way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#m1)
2. Meanly can mean in a stingy way, not willing to share or spend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#m2)
3. Meanly can mean poorly or shabbily, as in "meanly dressed". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, meanly tells the reader that a character is being unkind: "she laughed meanly". In lessons about kindness, pupils talk about acting meanly and how it makes others feel.

### Examples

- He laughed meanly when I fell over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x1)
- She meanly took the last biscuit without asking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x2)
- The giant meanly kept all the gold for himself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x3)
- Don't speak meanly to your little sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x4)
- The beggar was meanly dressed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x5)
- The bully smiled meanly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/#x6)

### Note

Adverb of "mean" (unkind). Not linked to "mean" in maths (the average) or to "meaning". It is a fairly rare word; "unkindly" or "nastily" are more common.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «meanly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meanly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«meanly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/meanly.html) on Mova free.