| LLL II.i.13 | [Princess to Boyet] my beauty, though but mean, / Needs not the painted flourish of your praise |
| MV I.ii.7 | [Nerissa to Portia] It is no mean happiness ... to be seated in the mean [first instance] |
| TS V.ii.32 | [Katherina to Widow] I am mean, indeed, respecting you |