Overview  of  adj  poorly 
 
  The  adj  poorly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ailing,  indisposed,  peaked,  poorly,  sickly,  unwell  --  (somewhat  ill  or  prone  to  illness;  "my  poor  ailing  grandmother";  "feeling  a  bit  indisposed  today";  "you  look  a  little  peaked";  "feeling  poorly";  "a  sickly  child";  "is  unwell  and  can't  come  to  work") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  poorly 
 
  The  adv  poorly  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  ill,  badly,  poorly  --  ((`ill'  is  often  used  as  a  combining  form)  in  a  poor  or  improper  or  unsatisfactory  manner;  not  well  "he  was  ill  prepared";  "it  ill  befits  a  man  to  betray  old  friends";  "the  car  runs  badly";  "he  performed  badly  on  the  exam";  "the  team  played  poorly";  "ill-fitting  clothes";  "an  ill-conceived  plan") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  poorly 
 
  1  sense  of  poorly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ailing,  indisposed,  peaked(prenominal),  poorly(prenominal),  sickly,  unwell 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill)  ->  well 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  poorly 
 
  1  sense  of  poorly 
 
  Sense  1 
  ailing,  indisposed,  peaked(prenominal),  poorly(prenominal),  sickly,  unwell 
  =>  ill  (vs.  well),  sick 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  poorly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  poorly 
 
  poorly  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  poorly 
  poorly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  poorly 
 
  The  adj  poorly  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ailing,  indisposed,  peaked,  poorly,  sickly,  unwell  --  (somewhat  ill  or  prone  to  illness;  "my  poor  ailing  grandmother";  "feeling  a  bit  indisposed  today";  "you  look  a  little  peaked";  "feeling  poorly";  "a  sickly  child";  "is  unwell  and  can't  come  to  work") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  poorly 
 
  The  adv  poorly  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (9)  ill,  badly,  poorly  --  ((`ill'  is  often  used  as  a  combining  form)  in  a  poor  or  improper  or  unsatisfactory  manner;  not  well  "he  was  ill  prepared";  "it  ill  befits  a  man  to  betray  old  friends";  "the  car  runs  badly";  "he  performed  badly  on  the  exam";  "the  team  played  poorly";  "ill-fitting  clothes";  "an  ill-conceived  plan") 

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