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单词 meanly
释义
meanly
adverb
uk
/ˈmiːn.li/us
/ˈmiːn.li/

meanlyadverb(UNKINDLY)

in a way that isunkindtowards otherpeople:
（对人）不善的，不友好的
He wasbasicallyadecentkidwho hadactedmeanly on this oneoccasion.他基本上是个好孩子，就是这次表现得不友善。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
  • acerbic
  • acerbity
  • acidly
  • anti-cruelty
  • anti-humanitarian
  • cruelty
  • cutthroat
  • fiendish
  • fiendishness
  • hard-hearted
  • nastiness
  • nasty
  • pitiless
  • pitilessly
  • pitilessness
  • unchristian
  • uncompassionate
  • unfeeling
  • ungenerous
  • ungenerously
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meanlyadverb(NOT GENEROUSLY)

UK
in a way thatshowsthat you are notwillingto give orsharethings,especiallymoney
吝啬地，小器地
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mean with money
  • begrudge
  • cheapskate
  • cheeseparing
  • chintzy
  • frugal
  • frugally
  • miser
  • miserliness
  • miserly
  • money grabber
  • money-grubber
  • money-grubbing
  • penny-pinching
  • scrooge
  • skinflint
  • stinginess
  • stingy
  • tight
  • ungenerous
  • ungenerously
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(Definition ofmeanlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeanly

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We seem in this country to have an almost invariable habit of treating our ex-overseas civil servants about asmeanlyas possible.
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The naval officer is certainly being very shabbily andmeanlytreated.
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In most cases the district nurse is treated verymeanly.
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As a nation, we treat our artists and creative writersmeanlyand at times disgracefully.
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I doubt if ever any party strutted more boastfully into the handling of a great problem or tried moremeanlyto sneak out of their responsibilities afterwards.
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If those involved in industrial disputes are to be placed in a separate category from the unemployed, whom we have already treatedmeanly, that issue must arise.
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I do not think someanlyof the workers that they will not work because they know part of their wages is going to be taken in taxation.
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I really do not think someanlyof our people that employers will not do their best unless they have the incentive of some large added profits.
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Above all, just because there is a bit of roughage in the rich diet our artists have given us in recent years, do not let usmeanlycavil.
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All serious speeches are treated rathermeanly.
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His talents, were notmeanlycultivated by letters; he could tell a good book from a bad one, which few modern librarians can do.
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He appears to see them as closer friends than they see him but neither of them treat himmeanlyeither.
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The others scold himmeanlyfor this, causing him to run away.
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He was oftenmeanlysuspicious, and life had encouraged him to be ever mindful of his welfare and that of the large family dependent on him.
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Your talents would be miserably appliedmeanlyrewarded.
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