menially
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In a low-status way doing simple routine work
- adverb
- /ˈmɪniəli/
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de manera servil
- Why would a person practice arduously, menially, and physically for hundreds of hours in preparing for sports competition with the knowledge that a favorable outcome (such as winning) was due to cheating (i.e., drug-taking) rather than as a function of their own effort and ability?
Examples
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They consider his job menially unimportant, but it plays a crucial role in the company.
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He performs menially by cleaning and organizing tasks that no one else wants to do.
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She often feels undervalued because she has to work menially at her part-time job.
Antonyms
How Menial
Surface Forms
menially positive
Morphology
Etymology
Menially comes from an old French word that meant 'household' and was used for people who did the work of a home. So, to do something menially means to do routine, low-status tasks like the work of a 'servant'.