POORLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poorly mean? 

• POORLY (adjective)
  The adjective POORLY has 1 sense:

1. somewhat ill or prone to illness

  Familiarity information: POORLY used as an adjective is very rare.

• POORLY (adverb)
  The adverb POORLY has 1 sense:

1. ('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

  Familiarity information: POORLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POORLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Somewhat ill or prone to illness

Synonyms:

ailing; indisposed; peaked; poorly; seedy; sickly; under the weather; unwell

Context example:

is unwell and can't come to work

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

• POORLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

('ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

Synonyms:

badly; ill; poorly

Context example:

an ill-conceived plan

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

Pertainym:

poor (deserving or inciting pity)

 Context examples 

A neoplastic process characterized by a diffuse poorly circumscribed overgrowth of adipose tissue.

(Diffuse Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans characterized by the presence of poorly differentiated sarcomatous components.

(Dedifferentiated Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, NCI Thesaurus)

Desglymidodrine diffuses poorly across the blood-brain barrier, and is therefore not associated with effects on the central nervous system (CNS).

(Midodrine, NCI Thesaurus)

She said her lady was but poorly, and kept her own room a good deal.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Desglymidodrine diffuses poorly across the blood-brain barrier, and is therefore not associated with effects on the central nervous system.

(Midodrine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Specific combinations of cytokeratin peptides are associated with certain epithelial cells, and are therefore useful in the characterization of poorly differentiated carcinoma.

(Cytokeratin-18 Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumors in these mice also responded poorly to oxaliplatin and cisplatin.

(Gut microbes may affect cancer treatment, NIH)

A poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma that arises from the breast.

(Breast Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of poorly differentiated astrocytes, cellular polymorphism, nuclear atypia, and increased mitotic activity.

(Brain Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A poorly differentiated variant of adenosquamous carcinoma that arises from the cervix.

(Cervical Adenosquamous Carcinoma, Glassy Cell Variant, NCI Thesaurus)