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poorly

[poor-lee]

adverb

  1. in a poor manner or way.

    The team played poorly.



adjective

  1. in poor health; somewhat ill.

    I hear she's been poorly.

poorly

/ ˈpɔː-, ˈpʊəlɪ /

adverb

  1. in a poor way or manner; badly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informal(usually postpositive) in poor health; rather ill

    she's poorly today

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of poorly1

First recorded in 1250–1300, poorly is from the Middle English word pourely. See poor, -ly
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Lundes went from juvenile camp to juvenile camp and then to the California Youth Authority, the ineffective and poorly run state system that has since been shut down.

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The sport's governing body, the Rugby Football League, told the BBC last month that its players had been "poorly treated" by the honours system.

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Sly and the Family Stone’s next two albums, “High on You” and “Heard You Missed Me, Well I’m Back,” sold poorly.

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“You have this pool of human resources that is poorly compensated and not utilized to their full potential,” said Elizabeth Dickinson, a Colombia analyst with the International Crisis Group, a nonprofit think tank.

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The reveries always end poorly, usually with me shouting something like “Your body is a miracle!” and their owner robot escorting me off its property.

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