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Definition of Measly
1. Adjective. Contemptibly small in amount. "Almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
Similar to: Meager, Meagerly, Meagre, Scrimpy, Stingy
Derivative terms: Paltriness
Definition of Measly
1. a. Infected with measles.
Definition of Measly
1. Adjective. Small in amount, contemptibly so. ¹
2. Adjective. Infected with measles ¹
3. Adjective. Infected with larval tapeworms ¹
4. Adjective. Infected with tricinae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Measly
1. meager [adj -SLIER, -SLIEST] - See also: meager
Medical Definition of Measly
1.
1. Infected with measles.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Measly
Literary usage of Measly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1868)
"A measly WILD DUCK. It is well known that, under certain circumstances, the flesh
of the hog becomes full of white bladder-like substances, about the size ..."
2. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"The only safe method was to " go it blind " and bear with exemplary resignation
whatever might turn up, be it a big gusher or a measly duster. ..."
3. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1864)
"measly pork, therefore, cooked in the neighbourhood of the abattoirs, under the
surveillance of the police, may be safely employed as an article of food ..."
4. Clinical Lectures on Certain Acute Diseases by Robert Bentley Todd (1860)
"On the 10th a measly eruption was fully developed on his chest, belly, and back.
A blister was applied to the scalp. On the llth, the respiration was rapid ..."
5. A Dictionary of Hygiène and Public Health: Comprising Sanitary Chemistry by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Ambroise Tardieu (1876)
"... from measly pork. The symptoms of measles in the pig are obscure : tho animal
is dull and off its food, there is tenderness in the groin and swelling in ..."
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