measly
/ˈmizli/ adjective C2- Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).
- Of a person: infected with measles.
- Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. · For one whole day's work all I was given was twenty measly pounds.
Comparative measlier · Superlative measliest
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