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meaness

meaness is the misspelling of meanness.

Meaning of meanness

Noun

meanness (countable and uncountable, plural meannesses)

  1. (uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
    • This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.1705, J[oseph] Addison, “Florence”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (countable) A mean act.
    • There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.1908, The World's Work, volume 16, page 10497

Questions about meaness

What is meaness the misspelling of?
Meaness is the misspelling of meanness.

Words near meaness in the dictionary

  1. meane
  2. meaned
  3. meaner
  4. meaners
  5. meanes
  6. meaness
  7. meanest
  8. meaneth
  9. Meaney
  10. Meaneys
  11. meanfem

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