In an inferior manner; meanly, poorly. Obsolete. rare.
单词 | θ131690 |
释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in a paltry, mean, or contemptible manner (8) lowly1440 In an inferior manner; meanly, poorly. Obsolete. rare. peltingly1555 in a paltry or mean manner. meanlyc1561 Indifferently, ill, poorly, badly. Chiefly with passive verbs. miserablya1586 Meanly, meagrely; badly; very poorly or inadequately. scurvily1616 In a scurvy manner. Shabbily, meanly; sorrily, unsatisfactorily. mean1719 = meanly, adv.2 In modern use usually in to play (also act) mean (in which mean could be interpreted as the adjective). Now chiefly U.S. pettily1791 In a petty, small-minded, or spiteful manner. peddlingly1892 |
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