measly
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Is our celebration of a measly 250 years of continuous operation another example of American puffery?
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
At its IPO price, shares yield 7.7%, versus a measly 1.1% for the S&P 500.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
After Manchester came Brighton, where Littler was dumped out at the quarter-final stage by Stephen Bunting with a measly 84 average.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
At the end of his career, right-handers at the plate batted a measly .204 against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Adina could find nothing but a measly stick.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
He scored more points and played more minutes than anyone on the court in a game that ended 87-82, the measliest winning margin in a men’s or women’s final since 1972.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2021
She adorns the measliest note with proud individuality, and in this recording caresses and enriches works ranging from Handel's Care selve through Weber's Leise, leise to Puccini's Senza mamma.
From Time Magazine Archive
A fellow like you would get ten men arrested before he fooled the measliest cub spy in the Third Section.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham
"I should be proud to share with you the measliest dug-out in a Flanders graveyard," replied the Colonel emphatically.
From The Lost Naval Papers by Copplestone, Bennet
But this calf threw the measliest lot of runts you ever saw and finally Joe sold him for beef.
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
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