The adjective measly refers to something which is too small or smaller than it should be.
Cambodia has agreed to at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects
as part of a $3 billion (96 billion baht) scheme to boost output from a
measly 300
MW today to 1,000 MW in a decade, enough to power a small city.
After a measly
27-basis-point increase last month in state-mandated bank deposit
rates, one-year funds in China now pay 3.06%.
For the measly
sum ofB82.44 for 9.7kg of CNG, the vehicle got two full days of city
driving.
The governor's monthly pay is a measly
30,000 pesos (22,600 baht) but the former president's son says ``public
administration is really a question of changing your ultimate motive
from profit to service''.
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