Étymologie

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(Siècle à préciser) Dérivé de mean, avec le suffixe -ly.

Adverbe

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meanly \ˈmiːnli\

  1. (Péjoratif) Méchamment, cruellement.
    • They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.  (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais) Article sur Wikisource, Vol. 1, chapitre 4, 3e éd., T. Egerton, Whitehall, Londres, 1817, page 20)
      La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

Quasi-synonymes

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Prononciation

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  • Milwaukee (États-Unis) : écouter « meanly [ˈmiːnli] »

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