poorly

poorly is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
2. adverb. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
3. adverb. Meanly; without spirit.
4. adverb. Without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
5. adjective. Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health.
6. adjective. somewhat ill or prone to illness

   "my poor ailing grandmother"

   "feeling a bit indisposed today"

   Synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, seedy, sickly, unwell

7. adverb. (`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"

   Synonyms: badly, ill

Synonyms

ailing, indisposed, peaked, seedy, sickly, unwell, badly, ill

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