Mealy vs. Meanly

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  • Mealy (adjective)

    Resembling meal the foodstuff.

    “Below the hole the mice made in the woodwork was a pile of mealy sawdust.”

  • Meanly (adverb)

    Humbly, of or from low social status; basely. from 16th c.

  • Meanly (adverb)

    Poorly or inadequately. from 16th c.

  • Meanly (adverb)

    In a mean manner; ill-willed, nastily. from 17th c.

    “He meanly refused to ever make a charitable donation.”

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