MEASLY


Meaning of MEASLY in English

/mee"zlee/ , adj., measlier, measliest .

1. Informal.

a. contemptibly small, meager, or slight: They paid me a measly fifteen dollars for a day's work.

b. wretchedly bad or unsatisfactory: a measly performance.

2. infected with measles, as an animal or its flesh.

3. pertaining to or resembling measles.

[ 1680-90; MEASL(ES) + -Y 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .