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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

a small amount, scant;

e.g. He worked hours for a measly cup of soup.

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Similar Words

Chicken

De minimis

Footling

Inconsequential

Inconsiderable

Insignificant

Minute

Negligible

Niggling

No-account

Nominal

Paltry

Peanut

Petty

Picayune

Piddling

Piffling

Slight

Trifling

Trivial

Unimpressive

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Opposite Words

Appreciable

August

Baronial

Big

Biggish

Consequential

Considerable

Conspicuous

Discernible

Epic

Eventful

Gallant

Glorious

Good

Goodly

Grand

Grandiose

Handsome

Healthy

Heroic

Homeric

Imperial

Important

Imposing

Magnific

Magnificent

Majestic

Major

Massive

Material

Momentous

Monumental

Noble

Noteworthy

Outstanding

Palatine

Pivotal

Prominent

Proud

Regal

Remarkable

Royal

Serious

Significant

Sizable

Splendid

Splendiferous

Stately

Striking

Substantial

Substantive

Tidy

Weighty

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Related Words

Imperceptible

Inferior

Little

Mean

Nitpicking

One-horse

Puny

Small-fry

Tiny

Two-bit

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