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meanness, n. 1. baseness, lowness, ignobility, ignobleness; dishonorableness, disreputability, disreputableness, disgracefulness; shabbiness, unfairness, injustice; contemptibility, contemptibleness, despicableness, scurviness, vileness, abjectness; sordidness, badness, foulness, rottenness, nastiness, ugliness.
2. small-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, meanspiritedness, selfishness, ungenerosity, pettiness; spitefulness, viciousness, maliciousness, invidiousness, maleficence; wickedness, evil, evilness, sinfulness, iniquity, iniquitousness; black-heartedness, malevolence, sinisterness, fiendishness; ill will, hatred, malice, spite, malignity.
3. stinginess, niggardliness, miserliness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, skinflintiness, penuriousness, tightness, cheapness.
meanspirited, adj. small-minded, narrow-minded, petty, ungenerous, unforgiving. See - mean1 (def. 5). meantime, adv. meanwhile, in the intervening time, Chiefly Brit, whilst, Scot. whiles, while; in the interim, in the meanwhile, in the interval, in the interregnum, in the hiatus; for the time being, for now, for then, for a time or season, for the duration; at the same time, simultaneously, during, throughout, all along, synchronously, coincidentally,
measurable, adj. gaugeable, determinable, apprais-able, estimable, reckonable; mensurable, surveyable, assessable, appreciable, computable, fathomable,
measure, n. 1. measurement, mensuration, met-age. See - measurement (def. 1).
2. size, dimensions, proportions, expanse, extent, scope, range, spread, area; magnitude, amplitude, mass, bulk, volume; weight, quantity, capacity; bounds, duration, sum, aggregate; amplitude, magnitude.
3. rule, graduated rod, gauge, meter, scale; level, plummet, plumb line, compass, calipers, square, T-square, tape, line, ell, yardstick; quadrant, vernier, balance; weighing machine, calorie counter; calculator, computer.
4. linear measure, cubic measure, liquid measure, dry measure, square measure, chain measure, apothecaries' fluid measure, surveyor's area measure, metric measure.
5. share, allotment, portion, division, piece, part; quota, dole, pittance, allowance, driblet, dose, cupful, handful; dividend, Inf. divvy, percentage, commission, Inf. rake-off, contingent, fee, Inf. pay-off.
6. standard, criterion, norm, test, rule; pattern, type, model, prototype, original, paradigm, archetype; touchstone, canon, principle, precedent, example; sample, dressmaker's model, die, mold, matrix, cast; mint, seal, stamp, punch, intaglio, negative; outline, sketch, drawing, diagram, design, pattern, plans, blueprint, layout, roughdraft, proof.
7. limit, limitation, bound, extent, extreme, terminus, terminal, end; pale, march, bound, confine, fence, bourn; boundary line, high-water mark, line of demarcation.
8. statute, public act, bill, law.
9. Usu.
measures step, direction, course, course of action, action, plan; deterrent action, intimidation, stifling action, Inf. strong-arm tactics, Inf. the arm.
10. rhythm, meter, cadence, beat; phrase, bar, motif, theme.
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beyond measure immeasurably, limitlessly, boundlessly, infinitely, fathomlessly; endlessly, interminably, extremely, immensely, vastly, inexhaustibly; incalculably, beyond all measure, out of measure; excessively, redundantly, beyond need, needlessly.
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for good measure as an extra, in addition, additionally; as a bonus, as a dividend, as a premium, as bounty, as a gift, as a tip; freely, for free, gratis, gratu
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