I. adverb
Etymology: Middle English menely, from mene occupying a middle position + -ly — more at mean
1. archaic : to a moderate degree : fairly well : passably , tolerably
2. obsolete : only moderately
II. adverb
Etymology: mean (I) + -ly
: in a mean manner: as
a. : in a lowly manner : poorly , humbly , plainly
living meanly and without ostentation
b. : in an inferior or indifferent manner : badly
troops meanly equipped
c. : in a base or ungenerous manner or with the ascription of meanness
meanly threatens the deepest values of all truly traditional men — W.S.White