Meaning of measley | Babel Free

Definitions

Uncommon form of measly.

form-of, uncommon

Examples

“In a few days the child broke out with a measley eruption, which ran its course, and the child was again restored to its usual health.”

“It would have⟳ to be eaten now, “An' all fur a measley little dime,” said Angeline.”

““I’ll not take⟳ her measley money, not one damn cent of it,” said Wes, “and don’t you tender it to me—I forbid⟳ it.””

“What in hell does he think⟳? That I’ll double⟳ back and stick⟳ up his measley little office?”

“This dowser of ours is a kind o’ slack-twisted fellow with a no-account wife and a parcel o’ measley children that are apt to pick⟳ up what don’t belong⟳ to ’em if they get⟳ the chance.”

“I’m wonderin’ what Sidoli will do when she gets close⟳ to him. I bet⟳ he knows a trick⟳ or two. He’ll probably grab⟳ her an’ hold⟳ her in front of his measley carcase.”

“McNamara said he was losing a lot of money to take⟳ this job with its measley $25,000 per year salary.”

“Almost as if in answer⟳ to his questions, Spotty began to feel⟳ his body tremble. The next thing he knew his legs looked shorter, his neck looked shorter, he had no knobby knobs on his head, and his measley spots were a blur.”

“The river with the largest flow⟳ in the world is the Amazon which surpasses the Nile by 60 times its measley discharge.”

“And second, there is always a chance that a critical mass of progressive Southerners and their democratic allies elsewhere will wise up to the all-hat, no-cattle dude rancher who got us into this mess, and mount⟳ an all-out effort to drive⟳ his measley herd out to pasture.”

“To end⟳ the first set⟳, The Who played the classic, “My Generation,” which was stretched from its measley 3:21 studio length to almost 10 minutes worth of jamming and improvising from Pete, Zak, and Pino.”

“Here's the funny thing: suddenly I wanted to laugh⟳ out loud because I knew she'd lost her superpowers over me. I don't know⟳ how, but it was as if I'd been given the bullets and bracelets and the Eye of Agamoto and the antirepulser ray and Letterman's Silent E and the cloak of impenetrability since the last⟳ time I saw⟳ her and they were all making this protective shield around me and from that fortress I could only laugh⟳ at her measley attacks.”

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