I was only paid a measly two dollars.
Source: tatoeba (10922966)
Measly
//ˈmiːzli//
Synonyms for "measly" (144 found)
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Related words (72)
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Translations
13 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
2 entries- mizerný adj (small in amount)
- ubohý adj (small in amount)
German
1 entries- mickrig adj (small in amount)
Polish
3 entries- marny adj (small in amount)
- mizerny adj (small in amount)
- nędzny adj (small in amount)
Russian
3 entries- жа́лкий adj (small in amount)
- мизерный adj (small in amount)
- ничто́жный adj (small in amount)
Spanish
2 entries- miserable adj (small in amount)
- mísero adj (small in amount)
Swedish
2 entries- futtig adj (small in amount)
- ynklig adj (small in amount)
Sample 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.
Source: wiktionary
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