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