HOW TO PRONOUNCE
poorly
/ˈpʊɹ.li/
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What does poorly mean?
adverb
- In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
- With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.
- Meanly; without spirit.
More meanings (3)
adverb
- Without skill or merit.
- In a negative manner; with disapproval; unfavorably.
adjective
- Ill, unwell, sick.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpʊɹ.li/
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Shabby, poorly dressed children are not rare enough and pretty enough to make people turn around to look at them and smile.
A very quiet man, very poorly dressed and extremely sunburnt, came out of the bushes and took hold of the horses’ heads.
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Even the poorly endowed churches of the villages boast the possession of miraculous thigh-bones of the innumerable saints of the Romish calendar.
I pulled nearly a quarter of an acre of maize, but it was a scanty crop, and the husks were poorly filled.
If we feel that they will be poorly received, that they will annoy or anger or disgust, we strive to repress them.