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POORLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Somewhat ill or prone to illness
Example:
is unwell and can't come to work
Synonyms:
ailing; indisposed; peaked; poorly; seedy; sickly; under the weather; unwell
Classified under:
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Example:
an ill-conceived plan
Synonyms:
badly; ill; poorly
Classified under:
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Pertainym:
poor (deserving or inciting pity)
Context examples:
A fibromyxoid sarcoma that may have poorly formed collagen rosettes, but lacks prominent, well formed collagen rosettes.
(Classical Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The underlying causes of primary open angle glaucoma remain poorly understood, but likely involve both genetic and environmental influences.
(Glaucoma-related genes revealed, NIH)
According to the degree of cellular differentiation, colonic adenocarcinomas are divided into well, moderately, and poorly differentiated.
(Colon Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
"No matter how poorly it is done," he persisted, "don't you see anything in it?—in the thought of it, I mean?"
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Ah! mama, you mean; she is extremely poorly: I doubt if you can see her to-night.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A lipid-based nanosomal formulation of the poorly soluble, semi-synthetic, second-generation taxane docetaxel, with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Nanosomal Docetaxel Lipid Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)
If it was not for the drawback of her illness—but I am afraid we must expect to see her grown thin, and looking very poorly.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
In poorly differentiated cases the malignant epithelial cells show anaplastic features.
(Ovarian Serous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a poorly differentiated carcinoma and is characterized by mutations and rearrangement of the NUT gene.
(NUT Midline Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
You were poorly, and I worried about you till I fell sick myself.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
