Poorly means In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like badly or sick.

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Poorly in a sentence

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Poorly meaning

  1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
  2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.
  3. Meanly; without spirit.

Synonyms of Poorly

ill badly sick seedy under the weather unwell sickly peaked indisposed ailing well

Example sentences (20)

Because of reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles deadly road accidents are common in India.

But let’s first understand something that is very poorly communicated on the ‘help to buy’ scheme and its costs.

Guardiola maintained that City have not been playing poorly despite a disappointing run of results domestically.

Additionally, this element from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power could also sit poorly with audiences.

However, it didn’t last very long due to poor Bambi feeling poorly and throwing up all over her mum’s new ‘do.

In the case of lower socioeconomic status, especially when houses are poorly ventilated, the air quality can be worse inside.

Hollande criticized the reform plans, which would raise the age of retirement to 64, as poorly planned.

Interestingly, the Qashqai actually has the same problem as the Mazda: a poorly connected ground cable.

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Houston had the third worst problem with pollution, fourth worst living conditions, and also was ranked poorly in infrastructure.

According to the expert, can be one of the key causes and most likely to cause dry eye if your blood glucose is poorly controlled.

And yet how the detection of injury leads to healing is poorly understood on a molecular basis.

If these new buildings are poorly constructed, with little regard to seismic threats, they in turn become vulnerable to further damage.

But in all that time, no character was so poorly misused and under-utilized as 's Wally West.

His political opponents argue that the poorly managed dismantling of agencies under state control has ultimately compromised rail safety.

After the drive home I have no intent to go out on the roads as people react poorly to weather so I do not want to add to the people dying.

He was poorly with Covid, with a sore throat, and had taken medication, the inquest heard.

However, when she received the dessert, she was dismayed to find a tiny cake with no toppings, poorly iced decorations and messy drip icing.

For a long time, it seemed as though might never return to screens, with the poorly received 1996 TV movie doing little to raise fans' hopes.

It also continues to lose a lot of money, which made the stock poorly positioned in 2022.

How did this poorly written — and frankly, poorly acted — sketch not result in James playing for the Knicks?

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "poorly" in a sentence?
An example: "Because of reckless driving, poorly maintained roads and ageing vehicles deadly road accidents are common in India." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "poorly" from real English texts.
What does "poorly" mean?
Poorly means: In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
What are synonyms of "poorly"?
Common synonyms of "poorly" include: ill, badly, sick, seedy, under the weather, unwell, sickly, peaked. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "poorly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "poorly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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