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poorly

/ˈpʊɹ.li/ adverbio B2
  1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. · to live poorly· He uses his employees poorly.
  2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage. · to do poorly in business
  3. Meanly; without spirit.
  4. Without skill or merit. · He plays tennis poorly.
  5. In a negative manner; with disapproval; unfavorably. · I think poorly of them.· She looked poorly on that suggestion.
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Elizabeth’s congratulations were given with a sincerity, a warmth, a delight, which words could but poorly express.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 327 · B2
He is poorly dressed, and yet does not appear to be a labourer.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 76 · C1
She was still very poorly, and Elizabeth would not quit her at all, till late in the evening, when she had the comfort of seeing her asleep, and when it appeared to her rather right than pleasant that she should go down stairs herself.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 39 · B2
It makes me very nervous and poorly, to be thwarted so in my own family, and to have neighbours who think of themselves before anybody else.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 162 · B2

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