Mean and Saving

Mean

Mean adjective - Giving or sharing as little as possible.

Usage example: a mean child who hoarded all her toys

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Saving and mean are semantically related In some cases you can use "Saving" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Saving adjective - Characterized by thriftiness.

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Mean and saving are semantically related in miserly topic. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Saving".

Nearby Words: save, saved, saver

poor	poor mean	poor saving
loyal	loyal mean	loyal saving
actual	actual mean	actual saving
real	real mean	real saving
Other adjectives: big, consistent, past, extra.

One episode of Witch has Hay Lin saving a rabbit from what she deems to be a "mean" fox.

Source: Predators Are Mean
He doesn't want either to happen, but saving one would mean genocide for the other.

Source: Genocide Dilemma
The player did mean for him to be dead, but someone else picked up the character right away instead, resulting in a plot of Only Mostly Dead and shonen life-saving.

Source: Roleplay / The Sky Tides

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