ALL meanings of measly
mea·sly
M m - adjective measly Informal. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance. 1
- adjective measly infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh. 1
- adjective measly pertaining to or resembling measles. 1
- noun measly Contemptibly small or few. 1
- abbreviation MEASLY meagre 1
- adjective measly Small in amount, contemptibly so. 0
- adjective measly Infected with measles. 0
- adjective measly Infected with larval tapeworms. 0
- adjective measly Infected with trichinae. 0
- adjective measly If you describe an amount, quantity, or size as measly, you are critical of it because it is very small or inadequate. 0
- adjective measly meagre in quality or quantity 0
- adjective measly (of meat) measled 0
- adjective measly having or relating to measles 0
- adjective measly infected with measles (sense 1) measles (sense 2) 0
- adjective measly contemptibly slight, worthless, or skimpy 0