meanly

  • (r) in a nasty ill-tempered manner
    • "Don't expect me to help you," he added nastily
    nastily,
  • (r) in a despicable, ignoble manner
    • this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society
    basely, scurvily,
  • (r) poorly or in an inferior manner
    • troops meanly equipped
  • (r) in a miserly manner
    • they lived meanly and without ostentation
    humbly,

Synonyms

nastily basely scurvily humbly

Words of close approximity

means meany
meanie