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Meanness
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess. This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison.
2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. Goldsmith.