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What is "poorly" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does poorly mean in English? Meaning of poorly definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "poorly" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "poorly": somewhat ill or prone to illness

Adjective

  • Meaning: somewhat ill or prone to illness
  • Example: my poor ailing grandmother feeling a bit indisposed today you look a little peaked feeling poorly a sickly child is unwell and can't come to work
  • Synonyms: ailing indisposed peaked poorly seedy sickly under the weather unwell
  • Similar: ill sick

    • Meaning of "poorly": (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

    Adverb

  • Meaning: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
  • Example: he was ill prepared it ill befits a man to betray old friends the car runs badly he performed badly on the exam the team played poorly ill-fitting clothes an ill-conceived plan
  • Synonyms: badly ill poorly
  • Antonyms: good well
  • Adjective: In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. to live poorlyWith little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage. to do poorly in businessMeanly; without spirit. Dryden Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, / That from his wars they poorly would retire.Dryden Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, / That from his wars they poorly would retire.Without skill or merit. He plays tennis poorly.

    • Synonyms:

    ill, ailing, below par, failing, indisposed, low, mean, out of sorts, rotten, sick, sickly, under the weather, unwell, badly, inadequately, insufficiently, crudely, incompetently, meanly, defectively, inexpertly, inferiorly, shabbily, unsuccessfully,

    Antonyms:

    healthy, well, satisfactorily, well,

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    poorly in English: poorly
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