meanly
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[modifier le wikicode]meanly \ˈmiːnli\
- (Péjoratif) Méchamment, cruellement.
They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank; and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.
— (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice dans la bibliothèque Wikisource (en anglais), Vol. 1, chapitre 4, 3e éd., T. Egerton, Whitehall, Londres, 1817, page 20)
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