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poorly adverb [ ˈpɔːli ]

• in a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate.
• "schools that were performing poorly"
Similar: badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully, crudely, shoddily, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, unacceptably, execrably, frightfully, crummily, diabolically,
• with insufficient money.
• "he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners"

poorly adjective

• unwell.
• "she looked poorly"
Similar: ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not (very) well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, under/below par, peaky, liverish, sick, queasy, nauseous, off, off colour, under the weather, not up to snuff, funny, peculiar, crummy, lousy, rough, ropy, grotty, wabbit, crook, queer, seedy, crappy,


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