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meaner

Rhymes with -iːnə(ɹ)

adjective

  1. comparative comparative form of mean: more mean Prince John: "Your foe has bloodied you, sir knight. Will you concede defeat? You fight too well to die so mean a death. Will you not throw in your lot with me instead? Ivanhoe: "That would be an even meaner death, Your Grace."

noun meaners

  1. One who means or intends something. By his acts of meaning, and those of other individual meaners, the social reality is created, maintained in good order, and continuously shaped and modified.

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@misc{meaner_2026,
  title = {meaner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meaner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}