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• measlier — mea·sly || mːɪzlɪ adj. affected with the measles; pertaining to or resembling the measles; scrappy, wretched, poor (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

• measly — adjective (measlier; est) Date: 1687 1. infected with measles 2. a. containing larval tapeworms b. infested with trichinae 3. contemptibly small …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• measly — /mee zlee/, adj., measlier, measliest. 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… …   Universalium

• measly — adjective (measlier, measliest) informal contemptibly small or few. Origin C16 (describing a pig or pork infected with measles): from measles + y1 …   English new terms dictionary

• measly — UK [ˈmiːzlɪ] / US [ˈmɪzlɪ] adjective Word forms measly : adjective measly comparative measlier superlative measliest informal too small I can t afford to buy a car on my measly salary …   English dictionary

• measly — /ˈmizli / (say meezlee) adjective (measlier, measliest) 1. infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh. 2. relating to or resembling measles. 3. (of beef or pork) infected with cysts or tapeworms of the genus Taenia. 4. Colloquial wretchedly …  

• measly — ► ADJECTIVE (measlier, measliest) informal ▪ ridiculously small or few …   English terms dictionary

• measly — [mēz′lē] adj. measlier, measliest 1. infected with MEASLES (sense 1 or 2) 2. Informal contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy …   English World dictionary

• measly — adj. (measlier, measliest) 1 colloq. inferior, contemptible, worthless. 2 of or affected with measles. 3 (of pork) infested with tapeworms. Etymology: MEASLES + Y(1) …   Useful english dictionary