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Adverb: poorly  pûrlee or porlee
  1. ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
    "the team played poorly"
    - ill, badly
Adjective: poorly  pûrlee or porlee
  1. Somewhat ill or prone to illness
    "feeling poorly"
    - ailing, indisposed, peaked, sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy, out of sorts, off-colour [Brit], crook [Austral, NZ]

See also: ill, poor, sick