poorly
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˈpʊrli/
- He woke up feeling poorly and decided to stay in bed all day.
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Watch on YouTubeBecause I got double pneumonia twice because I was so poorly and so rundown.
- Because I got double pneumonia twice because I was so poorly and so rundown.
- And I think for a long time in this country, people have felt they've got to be really poorly to get help in terms of mental health.
- Nala's being poorly guys, but she's home now and that makes me very happy.
- There's certain words that can trigger a person that that can make a person feel poorly, like shitty about themselves.
- When we had her this morning, she was so calm and docile and like, I'm like feeling really, really poorly and not good.
- It was looking out the window of my hospital room and seeing poorly child, poorly child, poorly child.
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Because I got double pneumonia twice because I was so poorly and so rundown.
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Nala's being poorly guys, but she's home now and that makes me very happy.
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I can feel poorly, but not poor me.
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And I was poorly and over the times he was in and out of the prison hospital.
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I feel really poorly my throat, like I want to scratch it out.
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When we had her this morning, she was so calm and docile and like, I'm like feeling really, really poorly and not good.
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I felt poorly after catching a cold last week.
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She has been feeling poorly since the flu started going around.
Synonyms
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1.0
Not feeling well because of sickness
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5.6
Having poor health and often getting sick
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5.3
Feeling slightly ill and not your usual self
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1.0
Feeling slightly sick or uncomfortable
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6.9
Feeling slightly ill or unwell
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8.2
Feeling slightly sick or not well
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Etymology
Poorly can also mean 'sick'. This sense comes from the same root poor, because people long ago used 'poor' for someone with little strength or health, so poorly became a way to say 'unwell' or 'not well'.