Meaning

Uncommon form of measly..

Example Sentences

In a few days the child broke out with a measley eruption, which ran its course, and the child was again restored to its usual health.

It would have to be eaten now, “An' all fur a measley little dime,” said Angeline.

“I’ll not take her measley money, not one damn cent of it,” said Wes, “and don’t you tender it to me—I forbid it.”

What in hell does he think? That I’ll double back and stick up his measley little office?

This dowser of ours is a kind o’ slack-twisted fellow with a no-account wife and a parcel o’ measley children that are apt to pick up what don’t belong to ’em if they get the chance.

I’m wonderin’ what Sidoli will do when she gets close to him. I bet he knows a trick or two. He’ll probably grab her an’ hold her in front of his measley carcase.

McNamara said he was losing a lot of money to take this job with its measley $25,000 per year salary.

Almost as if in answer to his questions, Spotty began to feel his body tremble. The next thing he knew his legs looked shorter, his neck looked shorter, he had no knobby knobs on his head, and his measley spots were a blur.

Word Forms

• more measley
• most measley

When Should You Use Measley?

Use measley when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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