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[meen-lee] 
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meanly
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | meagerly |
| Synonyms: | miserly, poorly, selfishly |
| Main Entry: | hard |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | with great force |
| Synonyms: | actively, angrily, animatedly, boisterously, briskly, brutally, cruelly, earnestly, energetically, ferociously, fiercely, forcibly, frantically, furiously, heavily, intensely, keenly, like fury, madly, meanly, painfully, powerfully, relentlessly, rigorously, roughly, rowdily, savagely, seriously, severely, sharply, spiritedly, sprightly, stormily, strongly, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, uproariously, urgently, viciously, vigorously, violently, vivaciously, wildly, with all one's might |
| Antonyms: | gently, softly |
| Main Entry: | poorly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unsatisfactorily |
| Synonyms: | badly, crudely, defectively, inadequately, incompetently, inexpertly, inferiorly, insufficiently, meanly, shabbily, unsuccessfully |
| Antonyms: | satisfactorily, well |
| Main Entry: | humbly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | meekly |
| Synonyms: | abjectly, apologetically, ingloriously, meanly, obscurely, poorly, simply, submissively |
| Antonyms: | boastfully, haughtily, proudly |
| Main Entry: | selfishly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | egotistically |
| Synonyms: | cannily, greedily, illiberally, meanly, miserly, parsimoniously, stingily, ungenerously |
| Main Entry: | unjustly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unfairly |
| Synonyms: | brutally, cruelly, meanly, unjustifiably, unlawfully, wrongfully, wrongly |
| Antonyms: | correctly, fairly, honestly, justly, rightly |
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