of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic" पर्याय: bastardly,
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt पर्याय: beggarly,
(used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" पर्याय: mingy, miserly, tight,
characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" पर्याय: hateful,
having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok''d with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" पर्याय: base, meanspirited,
approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" पर्याय: average,
marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" पर्याय: beggarly,
excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn''t think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" पर्याय: intend, think,
destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you"
intend to refer to; "I''m thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" पर्याय: think of, have in mind,
denote or connote; "`maison'' means `house'' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" पर्याय: intend, signify, stand for,
mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" पर्याय: intend,
have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" पर्याय: entail, imply,
have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n पर्याय: mean value,