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English Dictionary: meanness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
meanness
n
  1. the quality of being deliberately mean [syn: beastliness, meanness]
  2. extreme stinginess
    Synonym(s): meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Meanness \Mean"ness\, 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.
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