Meanness - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmiːnnəs|  American pronunciation of the word meanness
Brit.  |ˈmiːnnəs|  British pronunciation of the word meanness

noun

- the quality of being deliberately mean (syn: beastliness)
- extreme stinginess (syn: closeness, parsimony, tightness)

Extra examples

The word meant one thing in Shakespeare's day, but it means something else now.

Red means “stop” and green means “go.”

Can you tell me what my dream means?

What was meant by the poet?

Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context.

He's very ambitious, and I mean that as a compliment.

It's a very easy question. Anyone, and I mean anyone, should be able to answer it.

She's not getting any thinner, if you know what I mean.

She says she didn't mean anything by what she did.

I don't trust him. He means no good.

Take all these temperatures and calculate their mean.

Trying to find a golden mean between doing too little and doing too much

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