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. Perry Kramer:

   Poorly executed plans can be worse than no mobile strategy at all, the dangers are losing those customers for the rest of the year or for a long time.

2. Mark Milley:

   That letter is a draft. It was a mistake, it was unsigned, it should not have been released...( it was) poorly worded, implies withdrawal, that is not what's happening, it's an honest mistake... it should not have been sent.

3. Rick Barry:

   That's something that has surprised me and my dad for a long time now, especially when you have people shooting 40 or 50 percent. Why not give it a shot? There's no harm in trying when you're shooting that poorly. I'm not sure if it's a pride thing or people just don't think they can do it.

4. Karl Lauterbach:

   It has to be expected that the R rate will go over 1 and we will return to exponential growth, the loosening measures were far too poorly prepared.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   Over the next day or so I started to feel really poorly, much worse than in the first go around.