Definition of Poorly

Adjective

  • somewhat ill or prone to illness
    "my poor ailing grandmother"
    "feeling a bit indisposed today"
    "you look a little peaked"
    "feeling poorly"
    "a sickly child"
    "is unwell and can't come to work"
    - under the weather

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-fitting clothes"
    "an ill-conceived plan"
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Unscramble poorly

38 unscramble word found using the letters poorly.

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