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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

... hall branched off on either side the long series of state-rooms, poorly furnished with high-backed chairs and long queer Venice glasses, when first I came to the property; but afterwards rendered so splendid by me, with the gold damasks of Lyons and the magnificent Gobelin tapestries I won from Richelieu at play. There were thirty-six bedrooms ...

— Barry Lyndon • William Makepeace Thackeray

... that has depended upon outward congenialities for its happiness has no permanent principle of happiness; for that is the distinction which religion bestows. He who cannot retire within himself, and find his best resources there, is fitted, perhaps, for the smoother passages of life, but poorly prepared for all life. He who cannot and dare not turn away from these outward engrossments, and be in spiritual solitude,—who is afraid or sickens at the idea of being alone,—has a brittle possession in all that happiness which comes from the whirl and surface of things. ...

— The Crown of Thorns - A Token for the Sorrowing • E. H. Chapin

... Economics is at present little understood and most poorly managed, for this reason; we approach it from an individual point of view; seeking not so much to do our share in the common service, as to get our personal profit from the common wealth. Where the whole family labors together to harvest fruit and store it for the winter, we have legitimate ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

... recommend an Orator, than a brilliant and ready flow of expression; for he was remarkably dull in the invention, and very loose and unconnected in the disposition of his arguments. The two remaining parts are Pronunciation and Memory; in each of which he was so poorly qualified, as to excite the laughter and the ridicule of his hearers. His gesture was really such as C. Julius represented it, in a severe sarcasm, that will never be forgotten; for as he was swaying and reeling his whole body from ...

— Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. • Marcus Tullius Cicero

... days went by and they did not appear, but were more and more overdue, our suspense became almost unbearable. Added to this was the thought that we could wait but a few days more at the longest, without running the danger of being imprisoned all winter, and for that we were poorly prepared. ...

— Bowdoin Boys in Labrador • Jonathan Prince (Jr.) Cilley

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