Definition of poorly in English:

poorly

adverb ˈpɔːliˈpʊəli

1In a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate.
schools that were performing poorly
运作欠佳的学校。
as submodifier a poorly attended church
少有人光顾的教堂。
Example sentencesExamples
- Britain is also pulling away from France and Italy and other poorly performing Euro-zone economies.
- In France, at national and club level, when a team is performing poorly, supporters desert their side in droves.
- It is also the case that the BBC performs rather poorly when it is most concerned about ratings and loses sight of reach.
- Many mortuaries are dilapidated or poorly designed with inadequate viewing facilities.
- One British athlete who could legitimately claim to have an excuse for performing poorly here is Jonathan Edwards.
- Yet chronic disease is often poorly treated and inadequately prevented.
- In comparison, Geraldton meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday were poorly attended.
- Without a strong emphasis on learning, we will end up with a poorly skilled workforce which performs badly economically.
- Many Irish companies communicate poorly and give inadequate feedback to employees.
- It was re-edited, but still performed poorly on its original release.
- Clare performed poorly in Division 2A winning only two of their seven league games.
- Government intervention has been in the form of a law that is inadequate and poorly implemented.
- Another poorly performing area is the southeast of England, which has the highest rate of dog and cat heart disease.
- Under the star ratings system, trusts could still do well overall even if they performed poorly on financial management.
- The committee meeting was open to all 44 clubs, with two votes available per club, but was poorly attended.
- Information within a resource may be poorly organised or have inadequate titles or subtitles.
- In some schools, according to the Times, poorly performing students are encouraged to drop out.
- The KPU has also been performing poorly in conducting public campaigns about the elections.
- It was that beauty the great poets dream about but describe most poorly and inadequately.
- We do our best, it's an amateur sport, and people have to remember that we don't go out to perform poorly.
Synonyms
badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully
crudely, shoddily, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, unacceptably, execrably, frightfully
informal crummily, diabolically
2With insufficient money.
穷困地
he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners
跟他那些农民教友一样，他过着穷困的生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- Yes, these jobs provide work and money but they are poorly paid and usually short term.
- She is angry not that he lives poorly, but that he has given up after she has given him everything.
- A few have nets, but most are forced to try to make some money as poorly paid day labourers.
- Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here.
Synonyms
badly, imperfectly

adjective ˈpɔːliˈpʊəli

British

Unwell.
〈主英〉身体不好的
she looked poorly
她看上去身体不好。
Example sentencesExamples
- At present, very poorly children are cared for in two small rooms with limited equipment.
- A year ago I was in a poorly state, and my heart was protesting in the only way it knows.
- This will make it possible to transfer poorly patients in and out of bed with maximum safety and comfort
- Last year he accidentally ate some carrots that hadn't been washed and later he had a poorly tummy.
- In fact, even when she is poorly Sophie just keeps going until she just can't do any more.
- There was me dancing all the way down Main Street, despite my poorly leg.
- Zoe Bird, 26, was forced to walk for an hour to reach her home with poorly toddler son Ryan after they were forced to leave the car.
- I didn't manage too many lengths today but I haven't been for 2 weeks since being poorly sick.
- On Saturday night, at work, a poorly woman in the audience chucked up.
- A writer is hoping for chart success with a touching song devoted to poorly youngster Kirsty Howard.
- Adult winner Lisa Sainsbury said her tale about the unique allure of food was based on her poorly grandmother.
- Jakey on the other hand is poorly due to having an injection.
- They have opened a hospice for poorly cats and dogs and I decided I wanted to help them out.
- Yesterday, he remained in a stable but poorly condition in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary.
- Daniel is still in a very poorly condition in the Critical Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital.
- He's in a very poorly state, apparently, and the prospect of a good recovery doesn't look too hopeful.
- I'm really trying to not do the whole stereotypical poorly male thing, but I can't help it.
- Premiership stars took time out from training to give poorly children a massive Christmas boost.
- She finally called it a day and left without even seeing her poorly pal.
- The Palazzo Mocenigo, where Byron lived for many months alongside dogs, cats, monkeys and a poorly crow.
Synonyms
ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not (very) well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, under/below par, peaky, liverish
sick, queasy, nauseous
British off, off colour
informal under the weather, not up to snuff, funny, peculiar, crummy, lousy, rough
British informal ropy, grotty
Scottish informal wabbit
Australian/New Zealand informal crook
vulgar slang crappy
dated queer, seedy

Rhymes

Bengali, Cawley, crawly, creepy-crawly, Macaulay, Morley, Nepali, rawly, scrawly, squally

Definition of poorly in US English:

poorly

adverb

1In a way or at a level that is considered inadequate.
不足地，欠佳地
schools that were performing poorly
运作欠佳的学校。
as submodifier a few poorly articulated words
Example sentencesExamples
- In France, at national and club level, when a team is performing poorly, supporters desert their side in droves.
- One British athlete who could legitimately claim to have an excuse for performing poorly here is Jonathan Edwards.
- It was re-edited, but still performed poorly on its original release.
- Without a strong emphasis on learning, we will end up with a poorly skilled workforce which performs badly economically.
- Another poorly performing area is the southeast of England, which has the highest rate of dog and cat heart disease.
- In some schools, according to the Times, poorly performing students are encouraged to drop out.
- Many Irish companies communicate poorly and give inadequate feedback to employees.
- In comparison, Geraldton meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday were poorly attended.
- Yet chronic disease is often poorly treated and inadequately prevented.
- Government intervention has been in the form of a law that is inadequate and poorly implemented.
- Britain is also pulling away from France and Italy and other poorly performing Euro-zone economies.
- It is also the case that the BBC performs rather poorly when it is most concerned about ratings and loses sight of reach.
- Clare performed poorly in Division 2A winning only two of their seven league games.
- The committee meeting was open to all 44 clubs, with two votes available per club, but was poorly attended.
- The KPU has also been performing poorly in conducting public campaigns about the elections.
- Information within a resource may be poorly organised or have inadequate titles or subtitles.
- It was that beauty the great poets dream about but describe most poorly and inadequately.
- Many mortuaries are dilapidated or poorly designed with inadequate viewing facilities.
- Under the star ratings system, trusts could still do well overall even if they performed poorly on financial management.
- We do our best, it's an amateur sport, and people have to remember that we don't go out to perform poorly.
Synonyms
badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully
1. 1.1 With insufficient money or resources.
  穷困地
  he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners
  跟他那些农民教友一样，他过着穷困的生活。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yes, these jobs provide work and money but they are poorly paid and usually short term.
  A few have nets, but most are forced to try to make some money as poorly paid day labourers.
  Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here.
  She is angry not that he lives poorly, but that he has given up after she has given him everything.
  Synonyms
  badly, imperfectly

adjective

British

Unwell.
〈主英〉身体不好的
she looked poorly
她看上去身体不好。
Example sentencesExamples
- Jakey on the other hand is poorly due to having an injection.
- A writer is hoping for chart success with a touching song devoted to poorly youngster Kirsty Howard.
- In fact, even when she is poorly Sophie just keeps going until she just can't do any more.
- He's in a very poorly state, apparently, and the prospect of a good recovery doesn't look too hopeful.
- Adult winner Lisa Sainsbury said her tale about the unique allure of food was based on her poorly grandmother.
- The Palazzo Mocenigo, where Byron lived for many months alongside dogs, cats, monkeys and a poorly crow.
- There was me dancing all the way down Main Street, despite my poorly leg.
- This will make it possible to transfer poorly patients in and out of bed with maximum safety and comfort
- They have opened a hospice for poorly cats and dogs and I decided I wanted to help them out.
- Last year he accidentally ate some carrots that hadn't been washed and later he had a poorly tummy.
- Daniel is still in a very poorly condition in the Critical Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital.
- On Saturday night, at work, a poorly woman in the audience chucked up.
- A year ago I was in a poorly state, and my heart was protesting in the only way it knows.
- Yesterday, he remained in a stable but poorly condition in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary.
- I didn't manage too many lengths today but I haven't been for 2 weeks since being poorly sick.
- I'm really trying to not do the whole stereotypical poorly male thing, but I can't help it.
- Premiership stars took time out from training to give poorly children a massive Christmas boost.
- She finally called it a day and left without even seeing her poorly pal.
- At present, very poorly children are cared for in two small rooms with limited equipment.
- Zoe Bird, 26, was forced to walk for an hour to reach her home with poorly toddler son Ryan after they were forced to leave the car.
Synonyms
ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, below par, under par, peaky, liverish

词汇	poorly
释义	Definition of poorly in English: poorly adverb ˈpɔːliˈpʊəli 1In a way that is unsatisfactory or inadequate. schools that were performing poorly 运作欠佳的学校。 as submodifier a poorly attended church 少有人光顾的教堂。 Example sentencesExamples Britain is also pulling away from France and Italy and other poorly performing Euro-zone economies. In France, at national and club level, when a team is performing poorly, supporters desert their side in droves. It is also the case that the BBC performs rather poorly when it is most concerned about ratings and loses sight of reach. Many mortuaries are dilapidated or poorly designed with inadequate viewing facilities. One British athlete who could legitimately claim to have an excuse for performing poorly here is Jonathan Edwards. Yet chronic disease is often poorly treated and inadequately prevented. In comparison, Geraldton meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday were poorly attended. Without a strong emphasis on learning, we will end up with a poorly skilled workforce which performs badly economically. Many Irish companies communicate poorly and give inadequate feedback to employees. It was re-edited, but still performed poorly on its original release. Clare performed poorly in Division 2A winning only two of their seven league games. Government intervention has been in the form of a law that is inadequate and poorly implemented. Another poorly performing area is the southeast of England, which has the highest rate of dog and cat heart disease. Under the star ratings system, trusts could still do well overall even if they performed poorly on financial management. The committee meeting was open to all 44 clubs, with two votes available per club, but was poorly attended. Information within a resource may be poorly organised or have inadequate titles or subtitles. In some schools, according to the Times, poorly performing students are encouraged to drop out. The KPU has also been performing poorly in conducting public campaigns about the elections. It was that beauty the great poets dream about but describe most poorly and inadequately. We do our best, it's an amateur sport, and people have to remember that we don't go out to perform poorly. Synonyms badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully crudely, shoddily, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, unacceptably, execrably, frightfully informal crummily, diabolically 2With insufficient money. 穷困地 he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners 跟他那些农民教友一样，他过着穷困的生活。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, these jobs provide work and money but they are poorly paid and usually short term. She is angry not that he lives poorly, but that he has given up after she has given him everything. A few have nets, but most are forced to try to make some money as poorly paid day labourers. Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. Synonyms badly, imperfectly adjective ˈpɔːliˈpʊəli British Unwell. 〈主英〉身体不好的 she looked poorly 她看上去身体不好。 Example sentencesExamples At present, very poorly children are cared for in two small rooms with limited equipment. A year ago I was in a poorly state, and my heart was protesting in the only way it knows. This will make it possible to transfer poorly patients in and out of bed with maximum safety and comfort Last year he accidentally ate some carrots that hadn't been washed and later he had a poorly tummy. In fact, even when she is poorly Sophie just keeps going until she just can't do any more. There was me dancing all the way down Main Street, despite my poorly leg. Zoe Bird, 26, was forced to walk for an hour to reach her home with poorly toddler son Ryan after they were forced to leave the car. I didn't manage too many lengths today but I haven't been for 2 weeks since being poorly sick. On Saturday night, at work, a poorly woman in the audience chucked up. A writer is hoping for chart success with a touching song devoted to poorly youngster Kirsty Howard. Adult winner Lisa Sainsbury said her tale about the unique allure of food was based on her poorly grandmother. Jakey on the other hand is poorly due to having an injection. They have opened a hospice for poorly cats and dogs and I decided I wanted to help them out. Yesterday, he remained in a stable but poorly condition in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary. Daniel is still in a very poorly condition in the Critical Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital. He's in a very poorly state, apparently, and the prospect of a good recovery doesn't look too hopeful. I'm really trying to not do the whole stereotypical poorly male thing, but I can't help it. Premiership stars took time out from training to give poorly children a massive Christmas boost. She finally called it a day and left without even seeing her poorly pal. The Palazzo Mocenigo, where Byron lived for many months alongside dogs, cats, monkeys and a poorly crow. Synonyms ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not (very) well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, under/below par, peaky, liverish sick, queasy, nauseous British off, off colour informal under the weather, not up to snuff, funny, peculiar, crummy, lousy, rough British informal ropy, grotty Scottish informal wabbit Australian/New Zealand informal crook vulgar slang crappy dated queer, seedy Rhymes Bengali, Cawley, crawly, creepy-crawly, Macaulay, Morley, Nepali, rawly, scrawly, squally Definition of poorly in US English: poorly adverb 1In a way or at a level that is considered inadequate. 不足地，欠佳地 schools that were performing poorly 运作欠佳的学校。 as submodifier a few poorly articulated words Example sentencesExamples In France, at national and club level, when a team is performing poorly, supporters desert their side in droves. One British athlete who could legitimately claim to have an excuse for performing poorly here is Jonathan Edwards. It was re-edited, but still performed poorly on its original release. Without a strong emphasis on learning, we will end up with a poorly skilled workforce which performs badly economically. Another poorly performing area is the southeast of England, which has the highest rate of dog and cat heart disease. In some schools, according to the Times, poorly performing students are encouraged to drop out. Many Irish companies communicate poorly and give inadequate feedback to employees. In comparison, Geraldton meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday were poorly attended. Yet chronic disease is often poorly treated and inadequately prevented. Government intervention has been in the form of a law that is inadequate and poorly implemented. Britain is also pulling away from France and Italy and other poorly performing Euro-zone economies. It is also the case that the BBC performs rather poorly when it is most concerned about ratings and loses sight of reach. Clare performed poorly in Division 2A winning only two of their seven league games. The committee meeting was open to all 44 clubs, with two votes available per club, but was poorly attended. The KPU has also been performing poorly in conducting public campaigns about the elections. Information within a resource may be poorly organised or have inadequate titles or subtitles. It was that beauty the great poets dream about but describe most poorly and inadequately. Many mortuaries are dilapidated or poorly designed with inadequate viewing facilities. Under the star ratings system, trusts could still do well overall even if they performed poorly on financial management. We do our best, it's an amateur sport, and people have to remember that we don't go out to perform poorly. Synonyms badly, deficiently, defectively, faultily, imperfectly, unsuccessfully, incompetently, inexpertly, abjectly, appallingly, abysmally, atrociously, awfully, terribly, dismally, dreadfully 1.1 With insufficient money or resources. 穷困地 he lived as poorly as his peasant parishioners 跟他那些农民教友一样，他过着穷困的生活。 Example sentencesExamples Yes, these jobs provide work and money but they are poorly paid and usually short term. A few have nets, but most are forced to try to make some money as poorly paid day labourers. Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. She is angry not that he lives poorly, but that he has given up after she has given him everything. Synonyms badly, imperfectly adjective British Unwell. 〈主英〉身体不好的 she looked poorly 她看上去身体不好。 Example sentencesExamples Jakey on the other hand is poorly due to having an injection. A writer is hoping for chart success with a touching song devoted to poorly youngster Kirsty Howard. In fact, even when she is poorly Sophie just keeps going until she just can't do any more. He's in a very poorly state, apparently, and the prospect of a good recovery doesn't look too hopeful. Adult winner Lisa Sainsbury said her tale about the unique allure of food was based on her poorly grandmother. The Palazzo Mocenigo, where Byron lived for many months alongside dogs, cats, monkeys and a poorly crow. There was me dancing all the way down Main Street, despite my poorly leg. This will make it possible to transfer poorly patients in and out of bed with maximum safety and comfort They have opened a hospice for poorly cats and dogs and I decided I wanted to help them out. Last year he accidentally ate some carrots that hadn't been washed and later he had a poorly tummy. Daniel is still in a very poorly condition in the Critical Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital. On Saturday night, at work, a poorly woman in the audience chucked up. A year ago I was in a poorly state, and my heart was protesting in the only way it knows. Yesterday, he remained in a stable but poorly condition in the intensive care unit at Leeds General Infirmary. I didn't manage too many lengths today but I haven't been for 2 weeks since being poorly sick. I'm really trying to not do the whole stereotypical poorly male thing, but I can't help it. Premiership stars took time out from training to give poorly children a massive Christmas boost. She finally called it a day and left without even seeing her poorly pal. At present, very poorly children are cared for in two small rooms with limited equipment. Zoe Bird, 26, was forced to walk for an hour to reach her home with poorly toddler son Ryan after they were forced to leave the car. Synonyms ill, unwell, indisposed, ailing, not well, not very well, not oneself, not in good shape, out of sorts, not up to par, below par, under par, peaky, liverish
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