Associations to the word «Poorly»
Noun
Adjective
- Treated
- Responsive
- Drained
- Attested
- Soluble
- Sorted
- Documented
- Poor
- Poorly
- Inexperienced
- Trained
- Maintained
- Suited
- Inadequate
- Outdated
- Constrained
- Ineffective
- Lit
- Furnished
- Absorbed
- Dressed
- Acidic
- Performing
- Functioning
- Crystalline
- Unprepared
- Educated
- Faulty
- Unreliable
- Armed
- Deficient
- Diffuse
- Insufficient
- Articulated
- Flawed
- Guarded
- Gastrointestinal
- Manned
- Repetitive
- Configured
Verb
Wiktionary
POORLY, adverb. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
POORLY, adverb. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.
POORLY, adverb. Meanly; without spirit.
POORLY, adverb. Without skill or merit.
POORLY, adjective. Ill, unwell, sick
Dictionary definition
POORLY, 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".
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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.