poor·ly  /ˈpʊərli/

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"

synset: ailing, indisposed, peaked, poorly, sickly, unwell, under_the_weather, seedy

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"

synset: ill, badly, poorly

antonym: well, good

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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