I was only paid a measly two dollars.
Source: tatoeba (10922966)
Measly
/ˈmiːzli/
Synonyms for "measly" (140 found)
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2 entriespejorative modifiersmallness
More specific
6 entriesmeager quantitymeasly attemptmeasly excusemeasly wageminuscule amountpaltry sum
Collocations
6 entriesmeasly amountmeasly offermeasly payoffmeasly salarymeasly summeasly wage
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5 entriesSample sentences
7 total sentences available.
"What a measly offering!"
Source: tatoeba (11535998)
Then take five or six apples, pick out the cores and fill up the holes thus made with flour of brimstone; stop up the holes and cast in the apples to the measly hog.
Source: wiktionary
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.
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