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poorly
adverb
in
a
bad
or
unsatisfactory
way
•
The
soccer
team
played
poorly
because
they
were
tired
.
The
soccer
team
played
poorly
because
they
were
tired
.
•
If
you
sleep
poorly
,
you
will
feel
exhausted
the
next
day
.
If
you
sleep
poorly
,
you
will
feel
exhausted
the
next
day
.
Formed
by
adding
the
adverbial
suffix
–ly
to
poor
in
Middle
English
;
recorded
since
the
14th
century
.
adjective
slightly
ill
or
unwell
•
I
stayed
home
today
because
I
was
feeling
poorly
.
I
stayed
home
today
because
I
was
feeling
poorly
.
•
The
teacher
noticed
that
Jack
looked
poorly
and
sent
him
to
the
nurse
.
The
teacher
noticed
that
Jack
looked
poorly
and
sent
him
to
the
nurse
.
From
adverb
poorly
,
later
used
predicatively
as
an
adjective
in
British
English
to
mean
‘
ill
’.
