[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poorly \poor"ly\, a.
   somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "having been poorly
   in health." --t. scott.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

poorly \poor"ly\, adv.
   1. in a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or
      sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to
      live poorly.
      1913 webster

   2. with little or no success; indifferently; with little
      profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
      1913 webster

   3. meanly; without spirit.
      1913 webster

            nor is their courage or their wealth so low,
            that from his wars they poorly would retire.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. without skill or merit; as, he performs poorly.
      1913 webster

   poorly off, not well off; not rich.
      1913 webster
see also:
poorly off 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

poorly
     adj : 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" syn: ailing,
            indisposed, peakedp, poorlyp, sickly, unwell,
            under the weather
     adv : `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" syn: ill, badly
           ant: well
see also:
ailing indisposed peakedp poorlyp sickly unwell 
under the weather ill badly well 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 moby thesaurus words for "poorly":
   abjectly, abominably, ailing, arrantly, atrociously, badly, basely,
   below par, commonly, contemptibly, crudely, despicably, execrably,
   flagrantly, foully, frugally, grossly, heinously, improperly,
   inadeptly, inadequately, inaptly, incapably, incompetently,
   indisposed, inefficiently, ineptly, inexpertly, inferiorly,
   meagerly, meanly, miserably, monstrously, nefariously, obnoxiously,
   odiously, pettily, punily, rotten, scantily, scurvily, shabbily,
   shoddily, sick, slightly, sparely, sparingly, unaptly, undeftly,
   under the weather, undexterously, unfacilely, unfitly,
   unproficiently, unsatisfactorily, unskillfully, unwell, vilely,
   wretchedly

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