Poorly

//ˈpʊə.li//

Synonyms for "poorly" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

badly abjectly abominably ailing amiss arrantly atrociously barely basely below par commonly contemptibly crudely

Adjective(1 words)

ailing

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Adverb(1 words)

badly

Strong matches (23)

despicably execrably flagrantly foully frail frugally grossly heinously improperly inadeptly inadequately inaptly incapably incompetently indisposed inefficiently ineptly inexpertly inferiorly meagerly

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meanly

Adverb(1 words)

ill

Adjective(1 words)

indisposed

Related words (39)

miserably monstrously nefariously obnoxiously odiously off color offish pettily punily queer ropy rotten scantily scurvily shabbily shoddily sick slightly sparely sparingly

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unaptly undeftly under the weather under weather undexterously unfacilely unfitly unproficiently unsatisfactorily unskillfully unwell vilely wretchedly

Adjective(5 words)

peaked seedy sickly under the weather unwell

Adjective(1 words)

sickish

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

well

Synonyms

2 entries

badly under weather

derived

2 entries

poorliness poorlyish

derived from

1 entries

poor

related to

3 entries

ill sick unwell

similar

2 entries

ill sick

Translations

3 translations across 2 languages.

Finnish

2 entries

köyhänä adv (without plenty)
köyhästi adv (without plenty)

Polish

1 entries

biednie adv (without plenty)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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He is not better off because he is poorly paid.

Source: tatoeba (19532)

You should not despise a man because he is poorly paid.

Source: tatoeba (19534)

Muriel is living poorly off of her part-time job.

Source: tatoeba (244206)

Don't despise a man just because he is poorly dressed.

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