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meanlier

meanlier is the comparative form of meanly.

Meaning of meanly

Adverb

meanly (comparative meanlier or more meanly, superlative meanliest or most meanly)

  1. Humbly, of or from low social status; basely.
    • Iphicrates and Marius were meanly born.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. Poorly or inadequately.
  3. In a mean manner; ill-willed, nastily.
    • He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.

Questions about meanlier

What is meanlier the comparative form of?
Meanlier is the comparative form of meanly.

Words near meanlier in the dictionary

  1. Meanjin
  2. meanless
  3. meanlessness
  4. Meanley
  5. Meanleys
  6. meanlier
  7. meanliest
  8. meanling
  9. meanlings
  10. meanly
  11. meanness

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