poorly

[poor·ly]

(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

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In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

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


adv.
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

adv.
With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.

adv.
Meanly; without spirit.

adv.
Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.

a.
Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.


Poorly

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

Poorly

Poor"ly, a. Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly in health." T. Scott.

In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.

Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.

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Usage Examples

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.

Tradition demands that we not speak poorly of the dead.

The American education system couldn't be more badly directed or poorly funded if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Imagine if you had baseball cards that showed all the performance stats for your people: batting averages, home runs, errors, ERAs, win/loss records. You could see what they did well and poorly and call on the right people to play the right positions in a very transparent way.

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

There was a perception of me, and I earned it because I was really intense, really gruff. I treated certain people poorly at times. It was because of who I was. It was almost my strength. I came in all business. I tried to find ways to fit in with that demeanor, but it's not easy.

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