: in a poor condition or manner
: somewhat ill : indisposed
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Examples of poorly in a Sentence
Adverb
he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
Adjective
she stayed home because she was feeling poorly
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Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
This can also be the source of your browsing issues when code is poorly written, or an overzealous programmer decides to include excessive code.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
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Adverb
Crash test cars and other development vehicles were poorly cataloged when they were being created, and those records have been poorly kept.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
This can also be the source of your browsing issues when code is poorly written, or an overzealous programmer decides to include excessive code.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
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“Poorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poorly. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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