Definitions of meanly:
- adverb: in a miserly manner
Example: "They lived meanly and without ostentation"
- adverb: poorly or in an inferior manner
Example: "Troops meanly equipped"
- adverb: in a despicable, ignoble manner
Example: "This new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
- adverb: in a nasty ill-tempered manner