measly

Modifies a noun

• sum: This superb night's entertainment is offered for the measly sum of just £ 10!
• amount: What the hell he thought we could do with that measly amount of bullets, God only knows.
• pound: Highly recommended and well worth one measly pound of anyone's money ( well what else can you buy for that little?
• wage: He will not enter into wage labor, rewarded by measly wages for paltry pleasures.
• quid: Others think it should be set at a measly quid.
• portion: Food here is on the whole good, but look out for those measly chip portions.

Modifying Another Word

• fairly: This was mostly in search of Easter eggs, of which there was a fairly measly selection.
• rather: There is a rather measly offering of it tho.
• very: MY DEAR COLVIN, - This must be a very measly letter.