" meanly "

1: in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion;

  * e.g., " ... meanly silent up to that point, he now felt that fair criticism was turning into gratuitous insult "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abjectly,

•  deferentially,

•  hat in hand,

•  humbly,

•  lowly,

•  meekly,

•  modestly,

•  sheepishly,

•  submissively

•  Antonyms : 

•  arrogantly,

•  audaciously,

•  boldly,

•  brashly,

•  brazenly,

•  contemptuously,

•  haughtily,

•  huffily,

•  imperiously,

•  loftily,

•  pompously,

•  presumptuously,

•  pretentiously,

•  pridefully,

•  proudly,

•  scornfully,

•  self-importantly,

•  superciliously,

•  swaggeringly,

•  uppishly

2: in a mean or spiteful manner;

  * e.g., " ... in a meanly worded letter she told me that she never wanted to see me again "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bitchily,

•  cattily,

•  despitefully,

•  hatefully,

•  malevolently,

•  maliciously,

•  malignantly,

•  nastily,

•  spitefully,

•  viciously,

•  villainously,

•  virulently,

•  wickedly

•  Antonyms : 

•  benevolently,

•  benignantly,

•  good-heartedly,

•  kindheartedly,

•  kindly