Meanly, 1) insignificantly, indifferently: “he can sing a mean most m.” LLL V, 2, 328.
2) not in a great degree, moderately: “not m. proud of two such boys,” Err. I, 1, 59.
3) lowly, poorly: “his daughter m. have I matched in marriage,” R3 IV, 3, 37. “trained up thus m.” Cymb. III, 3, 82.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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