meanly

Anglais

Étymologie

(Siècle à préciser) Dérivé de mean, avec le suffixe -ly.

Adverbe

meanly \ˈmiːnli\

  1. (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)
      La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter)

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Prononciation

  • Milwaukee (États-Unis) : écouter « meanly [ˈmiːnli] »

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