| 2H6 III.ii.146 | [King to himself, of caressing dead Gloucester] all in vain are these mean obsequies |
| 3H6 I.iii.19 | [Rutland to Clifford] I am too mean a subject for thy wrath |
| AW III.v.59 | [Helena to Diana, of herself] she is too mean / To have her name repeated |
| Cym II.ii.29 | [Iachimo to himself, of Innogen] some natural notes about her body / Above ten thousand meaner movables / Would testify |
| TC II.ii.193 | [Hector to all, of keeping Helen] 'tis a cause that hath no mean dependence / Upon our joint and several dignities [i.e. to no small degree] |
| TS V.ii.31.1 | [Katherina to Widow] A very mean meaning |