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Definition of Meannesses
1. meanness [n] - See also: meanness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meannesses
Literary usage of Meannesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Girls and Education by Le Baron Russell Briggs (1911)
"Shake off the petty meannesses that beset a sensitive heart: work greatly, love
greatly. And if you suffer as you must, and if you doubt as you may, ..."
2. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"... deportment with his inferiors ; he dis- gracci himself by his meannesses and
irregularities, and debases his character by his vices. ..."
3. The Politics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1885)
"Men may talk about the meannesses and miseries which are caused by a highly
artificial state of society. They may seek to throw off the restraints of law. ..."
4. 595 Pulpit Pungencies: With a Table of Contents by Henry Ward Beecher (1866)
"... pure, honest and right-meaning : he meannesses dwells there a year or two,
and conies back home a drinking, corrupted, bribed man, lost to all industry, ..."
5. The Raja of Saráwak: An Account of Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., LL.D., Given by Gertrude Le Grand Jacob (1876)
"Perhaps they will tell us that there is pleasure to be found in escape from the
petty meannesses and falsities that encrust our civilization, and more than ..."
6. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"I niu guilty, I own, of meannesses which poverty unavoidably brings with it: my
reflections are filled with repentance lor my imprudence, but not with any ..."
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