'Poorly' definitions:
Definition of 'poorly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
(`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, poorly] [ant: good, well]
adjective
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, seedy]
Definition of 'Poorly'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Meanly; without spirit. [1913 Webster]
- Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly. [1913 Webster]
- Poorly off, not well off; not rich. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Poorly'
From: GCIDE
- Poorly \Poor"ly\, a. Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly in health." --T. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poorly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Poorly'
- Poor,
- Poorly off,
- Poorness,
- The poor,
- Guardians of the poor,
- Poor Clares,
- Poor heart,
- Poor law,
- Poor rate,
- Poor soldier,
- Poor-will,
- poor box,
- poor boy,
- poor devil,
- poor fish,
- poor people,
- poor person,
- poor rates,
- poor speller,
- poor taste,
- standard and poor's,
- Land-poor,
- Little Sisters of the Poor,
- Poor man's treacle,
- Poor man's weatherglass,
- Poor-john,
- Poor-spirited,
- Poor-spiritedness,
- Poor-willie,
- Whip-poor-will,
- poor man's orchid,
- poor man's pulse,
- poor white trash,
- rich vs poor,
- standard and poor's index