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mea·sly    Audio Help   [mee-zlee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, -sli·er, -sli·est.
1.Informal.
a.contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.
b.wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance.
2.infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh.
3.pertaining to or resembling measles.

[Origin: 1680–90; measl(es) + -y1]
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mea·sly    Audio Help   (mēz'lē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   mea·sli·er, mea·sli·est
  1. Slang Contemptibly small; meager: gave the parking attendant a measly tip.
  2. Infected with measles.

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measly

adjective
contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" 

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Main Entry: mea·sly
Pronunciation: 'mEz-(&-)lE
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: mea·sli·er; -est
1 : infected with measles
2 a : containing larval tapeworms b : infected with trichinae

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Measly

Mea"sly\, a. 1. Infected with measles.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and beef.

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