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The Clue
With cruelty (6 letter answer)
The Answer
MEANLY
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Notes
The answer MEANLY is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
MEANLY as an adverb:
1. (nastily, meanly) = in a nasty ill-tempered manner; "`Don't expect me to help you,' he added nastily"
2. (meanly, scurvily, basely) = in a despicable, ignoble manner; "this new leader meanly threatens the deepest values of our society"
3. poorly or in an inferior manner; "troops meanly equipped"
4. (meanly, humbly) = in a miserly manner; "they lived meanly and without ostentation"