meanly

«meanly» in Mova's school dictionary: in an unkind or nasty way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (meanly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Meanly means in an unkind or nasty way. tree →

2) Meanly can mean in a stingy way, not willing to share or spend. tree →

3) Meanly can mean poorly or shabbily, as in "meanly dressed". tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, meanly tells the reader that a character is being unkind: "she laughed meanly". In lessons about kindness, pupils talk about acting meanly and how it makes others feel.

examples

• He laughed meanly when I fell over. tree →
• She meanly took the last biscuit without asking. tree →
• The giant meanly kept all the gold for himself. tree →
• Don't speak meanly to your little sister. tree →
• The beggar was meanly dressed. tree →
• The bully smiled meanly. tree →

note

Adverb of "mean" (unkind). Not linked to "mean" in maths (the average) or to "meaning". It is a fairly rare word; "unkindly" or "nastily" are more common.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «meanly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.