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 while waiting for the trace of” poison to disappear, Navalnaya said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

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

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022

“The enemies of Russia meanly, stealthily killed her,” Dugin said in the statement, which also praised his daughter as a patriot and philosopher.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2022

I didn’t say it meanly, but it was like, I want to shake some hands and enjoy this moment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

After that, he’d stayed upstairs when Tim came over, and was meanly glad when he and Trip began to drift apart.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng