Poorly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Poorly \Poor"ly\, a.
     Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly
     in health." --T. Scott.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Poorly \Poor"ly\, adv.
     1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or
        sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to
        live poorly.
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     2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little
        profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
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     3. Meanly; without spirit.
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              Nor is their courage or their wealth so low,
              That from his wars they poorly would retire.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
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     {Poorly off}, not well off; not rich.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  poorly
       adj : somewhat ill or prone to illness; "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" [syn: {ailing},
              {indisposed}, {peaked(p)}, {poorly(p)}, {sickly}, {unwell},
              {under the weather}]
       adv : (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or
             improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "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" [syn: {ill}, {badly}]
             [ant: {well}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "poorly":
     abjectly, abominably, ailing, arrantly, atrociously, badly, basely,
     below par, commonly, contemptibly, crudely, despicably, execrably,
     flagrantly, foully, frugally, grossly, heinously, improperly,
     inadeptly, inadequately, inaptly, incapably, incompetently,
     indisposed, inefficiently, ineptly, inexpertly, inferiorly,
     meagerly, meanly, miserably, monstrously, nefariously, obnoxiously,
     odiously, pettily, punily, rotten, scantily, scurvily, shabbily,
     shoddily, sick, slightly, sparely, sparingly, unaptly, undeftly,
     under the weather, undexterously, unfacilely, unfitly,
     unproficiently, unsatisfactorily, unskillfully, unwell, vilely,
     wretchedly