meanly
Example Sentences
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“They are cowardly and meanly hiding his body, refusing to give it to his mother and lying miserably,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
It rides that line between enjoying the genre without meanly mocking it.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
“Deleted my tweets about a certain performance because it was made in humor but taken way more meanly than intended. Not out to diss artists.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 19, 2017
Everyone is looking at the camera except him and me, because Nicky is attending to his rivet and I’m looking at Nicky, slyly, face to the camera but eyes sliding meanly to the right.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2017
Lord Fredrick chuckled, rather meanly, in Penelope’s opinion.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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