poorly
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1.4
- adverb
- /ˈpʊrli/
:
mal
- The project failed because it was poorly managed from the beginning.
- poorly understood
- perform poorly
- often poorly
We have all sorts of corrupt, poorly functioning states.
- We have all sorts of corrupt, poorly functioning states.
- And it's a very, very tough, unpleasant, poorly paid place to be.
- I manage my mental health poorly personally.
- When we do it poorly, bad things happen.
- If this play does very poorly, it's a tax write off.
- And this, if used poorly, could just reinforce that.
- Like, I think the thing that people do poorly is they judge themselves.
- What if a movie tests poorly and the filmmaker can't fix it?
- Like how do people deal with stress really poorly in your experience?
- And what that leaves them with is a very poorly functioning economy.
- You know, like, this kind of shit really reflects poorly on all of us.
- To be so poorly paid and so badly treated.
- How did it go poorly and wonderfully at the same time?
- Sometimes laws can be set up poorly, as Aristotle mentioned.
- It's just, it was poorly put together and poorly managed.
- It was so poorly planned, and that is why it worked.
Examples
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So we're all doing metaphysics either poorly or well or somewhere in between.
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Despite its high incidence, headache is often poorly understood by employers and sometimes by health professionals.
Academic text (2011) -
When we do it poorly, bad things happen.
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Like, I think the thing that people do poorly is they judge themselves.
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Now, if either thing happens poorly in that moment, we have a problem.
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That was very poorly done.
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At this restaurant you can eat well or poorly, depending on how you order your meal.
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Their operations are all the more brutal for being poorly planned and executed.
Academic text (2011) -
And this, if used poorly, could just reinforce that.
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We have all sorts of corrupt, poorly functioning states.
Synonyms
378
1.0
In a very bad way
283
1.0
In a way that is not good or skillful
70
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
18
7.9
Very much or to a great degree
17
6.0
Very sick or having serious money problems
8
4.4
In a way that is not good enough
6
4.1
In a bad way that causes problems
5
5.6
In a weak way that does not seem believable
4
7.0
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
1
5.6
In a way that does not meet what is needed
1
6.7
In a way that does not work properly
1
4.9
In an average way, not very good or very bad
In a way that is worse in quality or how well something works
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How Badly
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Morphology
Etymology
Poorly comes from the word poor, which meant 'having little' or 'not good'. So to do something poorly is to do it in a 'not good' or 'bad' way, which is why poorly can mean 'not well'.