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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness;
- Example: "my poor ailing grandmother"
- Example: "feeling a bit indisposed today"
- Example: "you look a little peaked"
- Example: "feeling poorly"
- Example: "a sickly child"
- Example: "is unwell and can't come to work"
[syn: ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy]


ADVERB (1)

1. (`ill'; is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well;
- Example: "he was ill prepared"
- Example: "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"
- Example: "the car runs badly"
- Example: "he performed badly on the exam"
- Example: "the team played poorly"
- Example: "ill-fitting clothes"
- Example: "an ill-conceived plan"
[syn: ill, badly, poorly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poorly \Poor"ly\, a.
   Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly
   in health." --T. Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poorly
    adv 1: (`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]
    adj 1: 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]