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meanly

[meen-lee] / ˈmin li /
ADVERB
meagerly
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“They are cowardly and meanly hiding his body, refusing to give it to his mother and lying miserably,” she said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2024

It rides that line between enjoying the genre without meanly mocking it.

From Salon Dec. 15, 2022

I replied, perhaps a little meanly, that this was a star of declining wattage.

From The Guardian Dec. 22, 2018

“It wasn’t said meanly, it was just to laugh off: Okay, let’s take a different tack,” said Kim.

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2018

He was smiling, exhilarated, liberated and meanly enjoying a weapon he did not know lay in his arsenal.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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