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How to pronounce poorly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ailing, indisposed, peaked, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell


feeling poorly.
Type Words
Synonyms badly, ill


the team played poorly.

Examples of poorly

poorly
He performed poorly when asked to do three field sobriety tests, documents said.
From the thenewstribune.com
The launch of the new routes was poorly publicized, leaving passengers confused.
From the time.com
The tool being used is our un-Democratic and poorly conceived initiative system.
From the forbes.com
To a degree, it all just depends on how poorly monetized your site was to start.
From the techcrunch.com
Only 33 percent of black students who went through the exercise did that poorly.
From the sciencedaily.com
Besides which, his outrageous range of colours is poorly served by reproduction.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I'm not playing poorly, but there's a fine line between average and really good.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Maybe using his dad's voice was risky idea but I don't think it was done poorly.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
It also scores very poorly for infrastructure, and health and primary education.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Ailing: 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"
  • Ill: (`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 ...
  • Poverty is the lack of basic human needs, such as clean water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter, because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution. ...
  • Ill, unwell, sick; in a poor manner
  • Dejectedly, unworthily
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