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• adjective 1 unwilling to give or share; not generous. 2 unkind or unfair. 3 vicious or aggressive. 4 poor in quality and appearance; inferior. 5 dated of low birth or social class. 6 informal excellent. — DERIVATIVES meanly adverb meanness noun. — ORIGIN originally in the sense common to two or more persons : from Old English.
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