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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in a despicable, ignoble manner;
- Example: "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
[syn: meanly, scurvily, basely]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Basely \Base"ly\, adv. 1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully. [1913 Webster] 2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [Archaic] --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

basely adv 1: in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society" [syn: meanly, scurvily, basely]