: in a poor condition or manner
: somewhat ill : indisposed
Synonyms
Examples of poorly in a Sentence
Adverb
he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
Adjective
she stayed home because she was feeling poorly
Recent Examples on the Web
Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Others point to cybersecurity vulnerabilities that tend to arise with M&A and in the messy process of integrating different technology systems and teams and ask why UHG appears to have been so ill-prepared and poorly defended for such an attack.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Fan videos captured the rapper jumping off stage and landing poorly on one of his feet, before being carried away by security personnel.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Henderson hit poorly in his next three hundred plate appearances.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Accidents and repairs in a car’s history are rarely obvious in photos, even if they’ve been poorly repaired.
—Josh Jacquot, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
An aging hydropower dam obstructs fish migration and is poorly maintained, creating conditions upstream that reduce water quality and feed toxic algal blooms, the report says.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Despite this shift, many people still view eggs poorly.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
The very basics of many gynecological and obstetrical pathologies are still poorly understood.
—Catherine M. Klapperich, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
Adverb
These examples are surely instructive on their own, but the exclusion of so many other countries that have fared more poorly prevents the reader from learning from failure as well as triumph.
—Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Others point to cybersecurity vulnerabilities that tend to arise with M&A and in the messy process of integrating different technology systems and teams and ask why UHG appears to have been so ill-prepared and poorly defended for such an attack.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
Fan videos captured the rapper jumping off stage and landing poorly on one of his feet, before being carried away by security personnel.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
Henderson hit poorly in his next three hundred plate appearances.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Accidents and repairs in a car’s history are rarely obvious in photos, even if they’ve been poorly repaired.
—Josh Jacquot, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
An aging hydropower dam obstructs fish migration and is poorly maintained, creating conditions upstream that reduce water quality and feed toxic algal blooms, the report says.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Despite this shift, many people still view eggs poorly.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 14 Apr. 2024
The very basics of many gynecological and obstetrical pathologies are still poorly understood.
—Catherine M. Klapperich, STAT, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Both the United States and the United Nations have stepped back from leadership roles, a reflection of how poorly interventions in Haiti have gone and also the wide range of issues in other parts of the world at the moment.
—Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
Story will be a free agent and at this stage why would an accomplished player stay with the poorly run Rockies?
—BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
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“Poorly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poorly. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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