poorly

adjective/ˈpʊrli/

Frequency rank: #3,708 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

In a way that is bad in quality; in poor health.

Illustration for the English word “poorly”

Example sentence

He was feeling sick and looked very poorly.

Synonyms & related words

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