poorly

adv.
In a poor manner. See Usage Note at poor.

adj. Chiefly Southern U.S.
In poor health; ill: feeling poorly. See Usage Note at bad¹.

adjective

Suffering from or affected with an illness: down, ill, sick, unwell. Informal laid up. See health/sickness.

adj

Definition: not well
Antonyms: healthy, well

adv

Definition: unsatisfactorily
Antonyms: satisfactorily, well

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: somewhat ill or prone to illness
  Synonyms: ailing, indisposed, peaked, sickly, unwell, under the weather

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The adverb poorly has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
  Synonyms: ill, badly
  Derived from adjective: poor (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - fattigt, dårligt
adj. - sløj

idioms:

• poorly off    dårligt stillet

Nederlands (Dutch)
arm, kwakkelig, laag, pover, schamel, slecht, ziekelijk

Français (French)
adv. - mal, médiocrement, pauvrement, bas, mauvais
adj. - malade, souffrant

idioms:

• poorly off    (être) pauvre

Deutsch (German)
adv. - kränkelnd, schlecht
adj. - kränklich

idioms:

• poorly off    finanziell schlecht gestellt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - φτωχικά, άθλια, άσχημα, κακώς

idioms:

• poorly off    σε άσχημη οικονομική κατάσταση

Italiano (Italian)
malamente, male, poveramente

idioms:

• poorly off    povero in canna

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - pobremente

idioms:

• poorly off    mau de saúde

Русский (Russian)
бедно, плохо, скудно

idioms:

• poorly off    бедствовать

Español (Spanish)
adv. - mediocremente, mal
adj. - malo, enfermizo, bajo, de inferior calidad, exiguo

idioms:

• poorly off    tener muy poco dinero

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - krasslig, hängig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
贫穷地, 贫乏地, 不充份地, 身体不舒服的, 心情恶劣的

idioms:

• poorly off    贫困的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 貧窮地, 貧乏地, 不充份地
adj. - 身體不舒服的, 心情惡劣的

idioms:

• poorly off    貧困的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 가난하게, 서투르게
adj. - 기분 나쁜, 몸이 찌뿌드드한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 健康がすぐれない, 気分がすぐれない
adv. - 貧しく, みすぼらしく, 不十分に, まずく, 下手に

idioms:

• poorly off    暮らしが貧しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) على نحو فقير أو هزيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בצורה דלה, בעוני, בצורה עלובה, באופן גרוע, בצמצום‬
adj. - ‮לא חש בטוב, חולה, ראוי לבוז‬

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