'Poorly off' definitions:
Definition of 'Poorly off'
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]
Words containing 'Poorly off'
- Poor,
- Poorly,
- 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