| ADVERB | all | poorly, ill, badly | ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | poorly, ailing, indisposed, peaked, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy | somewhat ill or prone to illness |
| Sounds | puh'rliy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Somewhat ill or prone to illness. | |
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| Example | "feeling poorly" | |
| Synonyms | ailing, indisposed, peaked, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy | |
| Broader | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Spanish | achacoso, enfermizo, enfermo, malo | |
| Catalan | malalt | |
| Meaning | ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. | |
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| Example | "the team played poorly" | |
| Synonyms | ill, badly | |
| Opposite | well, good | (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory / satisfactory manner or to a high standard ('good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for 'well') |
| Usage of | combining form | A bound form used only in compounds |
| Spanish | desafortunadamente, desdichadamente, desgraciadamente, lamentablemente, lastimeramente, lastimosamente, mal, miserablemente, patéticamente, pobremente | |
| Catalan | malament, mal | |
| Adjectives | poor | deserving or inciting pity |
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