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. Elizabeth Shermer:

   After it was discovered how poorly managed this thing was run – after one of the student lenders went bankrupt – they had this idea and noticed that it would actually be cheaper for the federal government to just lend directly to students and parents.

2. Jeff Cohen:

   A lot of the fee calculations for portfolio managers are based on performance versus the index, so if they don't play in large deals ... they're basically betting they do poorly, which is a tough bet to make.

3. Nigel Sizer:

   There has been a lot of analysis and satellite data that shows there is so much land already cleared -- a lot abandoned or very poorly used and managed -- that we could use to grow food on, we don't need to be clearing new forests to do this in Brazil.

4. Fiston Kamango:

   Imagine, a doctor leaves home in the U.S. or elsewhere to come sleep in a tent to help save us from this scourge of Ebola and yet poorly educated young people want to attack him. ... It is very deplorable.

5. Tim Rieser:

   The results have been very disappointing. Programs were poorly conceived, the Central American governments did not do their part, and money was wasted.