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Meaning of poorly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  poorly
      adv 1: (`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" [syn: {ill}, {badly}, {poorly}] [ant:
             {good}, {well}]
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {ailing},
             {indisposed}, {peaked(p)}, {poorly(p)}, {sickly},
             {unwell}, {under the weather}, {seedy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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