measly

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(informal, disapproving) very small in size or quantity; not enough: I get a measly ｣4 an hour.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

measlyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary measlyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

meanderings meanie meaning meaningful meaningless means means test means-tested meant meantime meanwhile

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