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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

measly
    adj 1: contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the
           company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a
           paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of
           dried beans" [syn: measly, miserable, paltry]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

measly \mea"sly\ (m[=e]"zly), a.
   1. Infected with measles.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) Containing larval tapeworms; -- said of pork and
      beef.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Contemptibly small in quantity; meager; absurdly
      insufficient or bad; as, a measly few dollars for all that
      work.
      [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for measly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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