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 while waiting for the trace of” poison to disappear, Navalnaya said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Now there's an undertone of dread that we could "meanly lose, the last best hope of earth," as Abraham Lincoln warned.

From Salon • May 16, 2021

And then what it feels like to slowly lose access to those rooms and be kicked out one by one — not meanly, but just because culture has moved on to a degree.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2019

“It wasn’t said meanly, it was just to laugh off: Okay, let’s take a different tack,” said Kim.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2018

He was smiling, exhilarated, liberated and meanly enjoying a weapon he did not know lay in his arsenal.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy