ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Meaner

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Meaner is an adjective meaning comparative form of mean: more mean.

Meaning

comparative form of mean: more mean.

More Meanings

  1. One who means or intends something.

Example Sentences

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.
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."

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