meanly

Example Sentences

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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

Now there's an undertone of dread that we could "meanly lose, the last best hope of earth," as Abraham Lincoln warned.

From Salon • May 16, 2021

And then what it feels like to slowly lose access to those rooms and be kicked out one by one — not meanly, but just because culture has moved on to a degree.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2019

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

From The Guardian • Dec. 22, 2018

Lord Fredrick chuckled, rather meanly, in Penelope’s opinion.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood