The meaning of MEASLY is infected with measles. How to use measly in a sentence.

We got a measly 2% raise last year. Deposits earn a measly 0.6% interest. By contrast, a measly $16,000 doesn't seem so bad. It's demeaning and yet people expect to be doted on like royalty …

Measly is a great word for describing an amount or number so small that it's ridiculous. You'll be disappointed (and maybe even annoyed) if you're paid a measly six dollars to babysit a toddler for two hours.

contemptibly small, meager, or slight:They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory:a measly performance. They paid me a measly fifteen …

measly - 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"

2025年3月30日 · Of a person: infected with measles. A measly boy, he looked like a tramp, probably one of the street boys from the village, just walked up here and made himself at home, and when I told him to leave, he wouldn't. For one whole day's work all I was given was twenty measly pounds.

Synonyms for MEASLY: nominal, slight, tiny, paltry, piddling, petty, minute, piddly; Antonyms of MEASLY: considerable, significant, big, important, substantial, serious, material, outstanding

If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate. [ informal , disapproval ] All they get by way of thanks is a measly bottle of wine.

If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate. [ informal , disapproval ] The company offered what he considered a measly amount.

Since 1978–79, the average gain from income tax cuts per taxpayer on an income of below £5,000 per annum is a measly £110 in 1990–91. The measly allowance offered is such that …