Synonyms for poorly
ˈpʊər lipoor·ly

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1. ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedyadverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   well

2. ill, badly, poorlyadverb

   (`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"

   Synonyms:
   mischievously, badly, severely, bad, disadvantageously, ill, gravely, naughtily, seriously

   Antonyms:
   well

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1. List of paraphrases for "poorly":

   badly, bad, weakly, evil, wrong, sparsely, little, insufficiently, hurt, inadequately, mal, thinly, ill, improperly, low

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1. Administrator Geno Adams:

   I just think it was handled very poorly. He was always so proud of how many hours he spent pulling all those fish in. we don't look at this lightly. We understand this is a big deal to a large amount of people.

2. Bucky Hellwig:

   With the stronger-than-anticipated employment report, there's discussion the Fed might move earlier rather than later, we've seen a change in some of the leadership today. We've seen the financial sector do well and the interest-rate sensitive utilities sector do poorly.

3. Michele Thompson:

   It's exhausting and exasperating, it's very poorly set up especially for the average citizen. I feel like I went above and beyond.

4. Alan Lancz:

   The upcoming package of stimulus is going to be big, you have a situation where there’s a lot of cash on sidelines and bonds have really underperformed, so that’s helped some sectors that have really done poorly.

5. Donald Trump:

   Your values of love, charity and faith built this nation, how can it be that our media treats people of faith so poorly? One of the reasons is that our politicians have abandoned you to a large extent, and Hillary Clinton? You can forget about her.