- measly mea·sly adj
- ['miːzlɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl fam misero (-a), miserabile
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
measly mea·sly adj
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measly — mea•sly [[t]ˈmi zli[/t]] adj. sli•er, sli•est 1) contemptibly small: a measly salary[/ex] 2) infected with measles 3) pertaining to or resembling measles • Etymology: 1685–95 … From formal English to slang
Measly — The word measly can refer to measles, and, thence, to spotty and, thence, to something that is of little value. In medicine, the measly tapeworm is the pork tapeworm (T. solium) which can be contracted through eating measly pork (pork infected… … Medical dictionary
