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adverb

Poorly adv.

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

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

Meanly; without spirit. "Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, That from his wars they poorly would retire."

Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.

Poorly off, not well off; not rich.

adjective

Poorly adj. Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly in health."

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Etymology of 'Poorly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Poorly" Quotes from Famous Books

... from the latter in a northern direction. They are log-houses, built without much regard to comfort, surrounded by lofty stockades, and flanked with wooden bastions. The difficulty of conveying glass into the interior has precluded its use in the windows, where its place is poorly supplied by parchment, imperfectly made by the native women from the skin of the rein-deer. Should this post, however, continue to be the residence of Governor Williams, it will be much improved in a few years, as he is devoting his attention to that point. ...

— Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 • John Franklin

... would be; I hope you may be. What's the use of my acting my poor little farce any longer? I don't deceive you a mite. But I'm not going to mope and pine, Miss Warren. Don't think of me so poorly as that. I'm not the first man who has had to face this thing. I'm going back to work, and I am going ...

— A Day Of Fate • E. P. Roe

... expedition thus commencing. The governor repeated the embassy by means of Father Juan de Ribera of the Society of Jesus. The latter obtained a renforcement of four galleons and four galliots, and a few poorly-disciplined men; and (what was worse) they left so far ahead of time, that they had to await Don Juan de Silva at Malaca before the season to arrive, and at the worst time possible; for scarcely had they entered port when the king of Achen attacked them with four hundred ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 (Vol 27 of 55) • Various

... improvement and salvation of these energetic, active boys. I found the building to which I had been directed, but could not readily find the entrance which led to the room I was seeking. I inquired of some poorly-dressed children where it was. A boy about ten years old guided me. He asked if I wanted a boy. I was sorry to say "No," for he looked so bright and active that it seemed a pity not to give him ...

— The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories • Various

... and tide they reached the nearest island that day. It was nearly as large as their own, and the shore was fully as dangerous. The next was smaller, and both were wooded, with low hills, but poorly watered. They found goats and foxes abounding on each, but no indication that a human being had ever been there. All about on every side was the vast ocean, stretching as far as the eye could reach, with the eternal wash of waves ...

— The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; A Century Too Soon (A Story - of Bacon's Rebellion) • John R. Musick

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