What is the Latin word for meanly?

The usual Latin words for “meanly” are tenuis, exiguus, humilis; also abiciō, sordidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“meanly” in Latin

tenuisthin, slender, slim, lank; especially; fine, rare, thin; pure, clear, not coarse; weak, feeble, tenuous exiguusstrict, exact; paltry, inadequate, small, scanty, slight, little humilislow, lowly, small, slight; shallow; base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low; short, not tall (of ph abiciōto throw or hurl down or away, cast or push away or aside; to give up, abandon; expose; discard; to humble, degrade, red sordidusdirty, filthy, nasty; of poor, mean, base quality, low-brow

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

meanly

Moderately, etc., tenuiter; exigue.

Illiberally, humiliter; abjecte; illiberaliter; sordide.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for meanly?: The usual Latin words for “meanly” are tenuis, exiguus, humilis; also abiciō, sordidus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.