measley
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
Inflected Forms
more measley (comparative)
most measley (superlative)