Translations for „meanly“ in the English » German Dictionary

mean·ly [ˈmi:nli] ADV

1. meanly esp Brit (ungenerously):

meanly

kleinlich

meanly

knauserig

2. meanly (unkindly):

meanly

gemein

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English

His talents, were not meanly cultivated by letters; he could tell a good book from a bad one, which few modern librarians can do.

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He appears to see them as closer friends than they see him but neither of them treat him meanly either.

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He was often meanly suspicious, and life had encouraged him to be ever mindful of his welfare and that of the large family dependent on him.

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We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

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On the other, it is something that makes me think slightly meanly of myself for not having done it.

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Frequently several of them are milling outside of the house at all hours having conversations and staring meanly at anyone in view.

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She was lavish, he was meanly obsessed with not spending the inherited millions she only learned about after his funeral.

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The others scold him meanly for this, causing him to run away.

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How often have we secretly (or meanly with a girlfriend) denigrated a woman's success by thinking we are somehow superior because we're slimmer?

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Some of the most precious thoroughbreds on the planet seemed to toil meanly towards some unchanging, barren horizon.

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