Poorly - English meaning

adverb

In an extremely bad way; appallingly.

Usage examples:

She treats me abysmally at times

adverb

In an extreme and bad way

Usage examples:

It was an abysmally poor interview., the critics were abysmally wrong on almost every point.

adjective

In poor health.

Usage examples:

I went to see my ailing mother

verb

Trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or body.

Usage examples:

Exercise is good for whatever ails one

adjective

Experiencing difficulty and problems

Usage examples:

The country's ailing economy, ted asked me if i could help him fix his ailing car.

adverb

To a horrifying or shocking degree.

Usage examples:

There are people who suffer appallingly all the time

adverb

In a way that is shocking and very wrong

Usage examples:

The number of casualties was appallingly high in both wars., they treat their staff appallingly., t…

adverb

Very badly in terms of quality

Usage examples:

The whole play was appallingly acted., he played appallingly.

adverb

In a way that is very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

The children have been behaving absolutely atrociously., the pastry was atrociously soggy., troops …

adverb

In a very cruel, violent, and shocking way

Usage examples:

Troops are accused of behaving atrociously.

adverb

Very.

Usage examples:

I'm awfully sorry to bother you so late

adverb

Very or extremely, when used before an adjective or adverb

Usage examples:

It's an awfully long time since we last saw each other., i'm awfully sorry, but we've forgotten to …

adverb

Extremely badly

Usage examples:

England played awfully throughout the game.

adverb

In an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.

Usage examples:

England have played badly this year

adverb

Much or very much

Usage examples:

The un sent 90 tons of badly needed food., texas wants very badly to be considered tops in the scho…

adverb

In a severe and harmful way

Usage examples:

She was badly affected by the events in her childhood., fortunately, none of the passengers was bad…

adverb

In a rudimentary or makeshift way.

Usage examples:

The crudely stitched flag

adverb

In a simple and not skillful way

Usage examples:

Crudely painted signs threatened trespassers., he spoke plainly, sometimes crudely.

adverb

In a way that is simple and not skilfully done or made

Usage examples:

A crudely made bomb, would-be authors have been crudely printing their own books for years.

adverb

In a way that causes something not to work correctly

Usage examples:

A defectively designed product, the accident was due to the defectively fitted central heating boil…

adverb

In a way that is not good enough

Usage examples:

The review failed to show that the attorney had performed deficiently., the system was deficiently …

adverb

In a gloomy or depressed manner.

Usage examples:

We drove round dismally

adverb

In a way that makes you feel very sad and without hope, or that shows someone is sad and without hope

Usage examples:

Day and night the sirens screamed dismally., "i'll never get over this," he said dismally., their a…

adverb

In a way that is very bad

Usage examples:

Their attempts failed dismally., i was excited to read this novel, but i was dismally disappointed.

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

You're dreadfully thin

adverb

Extremely badly

Usage examples:

She behaved dreadfully., he was dreadfully upset., i'm dreadfully sorry - i really am.

adverb

Extremely

Usage examples:

He was dreadfully upset., i'm dreadfully sorry - i really am.

adverb

In a way that is not done perfectly or does not work correctly

Usage examples:

It was found that the engine had been fitted faultily., the smoke detectors have been performing fa…

adjective

Suffering from an illness or disease or feeling unwell.

Usage examples:

He was taken ill with food poisoning

adverb

Badly, wrongly, or imperfectly.

Usage examples:

The street is dominated by ill-lit shops

noun

A problem or misfortune.

Usage examples:

A lengthy work on the ills of society

adverb

In a flawed or incomplete way.

Usage examples:

The disease was imperfectly understood at the time

adverb

In a way that is damaged, contains problems, or does not have something it should

Usage examples:

The original recordings had been only imperfectly documented., young children need opportunities to…

adverb

In a way that shows someone does not have the ability to do something as it should be done

Usage examples:

The exam was incompetently designed and administered., he managed the department so incompetently t…

adjective

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

My mother is indisposed

verb

Make (someone) unfit for or unable to do something.

Usage examples:

Not to get one's sleep indisposes one for the whole day

adjective

Ill, especially in a way that makes you unable to do something

Usage examples:

Sheila jones is indisposed, so the part of the countess will be sung tonight by della drake., indis…

adverb

In a way that shows little skill

Usage examples:

The interviews are inexpertly conducted., he spent a great deal of time inexpertly milking complain…

adjective

Slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver.

Usage examples:

Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at bute…

adjective

Not feeling well, usually because of having drunk or eaten too much

adjective

Affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit.

Usage examples:

A rancid odour that made him nauseous

adjective

Feeling that you are likely to vomit, or causing this feeling

Usage examples:

He felt nauseous and dehydrated., unpleasant, nauseous odors

adverb

Used with an auxiliary verb or ‘be’ to form the negative.

Usage examples:

He would not say

noun

A boolean operator with only one variable that has the value one when the variable is zero and vice versa.

adjective

(of paper) not hot-pressed, and having a slightly textured surface.

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

phrase

Slightly unwell.

Usage examples:

She's been feeling nauseous and generally out of sorts

idiom

In an unhappy mood

Usage examples:

Peter overslept this morning and has been out of sorts all day.

adjective

Pale from illness or fatigue; sickly.

Usage examples:

You're looking a bit peaky—a change of scene would do you good

adjective

Having or resembling a peak or peaks.

Usage examples:

Beat the cream until soft and peaky

adjective

Slightly ill, often looking pale

Usage examples:

You look a bit peaky, love, are you all right?

adjective

Nauseous; feeling sick.

Usage examples:

In the morning he was still pale and queasy

adjective

Feeling as if you are going to vomit

Usage examples:

I’m a little queasy this morning.

adverb

In a way that is careless, of poor quality, and that uses low quality materials

Usage examples:

These clothes are very shoddily made., many buildings in the area are shoddily constructed., i've b…

adjective

Affected by physical or mental illness.

Usage examples:

Nursing very sick children

noun

Vomit.

Usage examples:

She was busy wiping sick from the carpet

verb

Excellent.

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

I'm terribly sorry

adverb

(usually about something bad or unpleasant) very much

Usage examples:

I’m terribly disappointed i couldn’t be there., i’m terribly excited about tonight’s show.

idiom

Somewhat ill or prone to illness

Not completely well

Usage examples:

I noticed that the cat was looking a little under the weather.

phrase

Slightly unwell or in low spirits.

Usage examples:

She was sufficiently under the weather to have to pull out of the championship

adverb

In a way that fails to accomplish a desired aim or result.

Usage examples:

I have tried unsuccessfully to secure a mortgage

adverb

In a way that does not succeed or achieve the hoped for result

Usage examples:

He ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat., she tried unsuccessfully to start several small bu…

adjective

Ill.

Usage examples:

He was admitted to hospital for tests after feeling unwell

adjective

Not well; ill

Usage examples:

I hear you've been unwell recently., if you feel unwell, tell the teacher.