Measly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
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"
2
Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).
Example Sentences
"a measly tip"
adjective
"the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"
adjective
"a paltry wage"
adjective
"almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"
adjective