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单词 poorly
释义 poor·ly
I. \ˈpu̇(ə)rlē, ˈpu̇əlē, -li, especially in southern US, NE, & Brit ˈpō(ə)r- or ˈpōəl- or ˈpȯ(ə)r- or ˈpȯ(ə)l-\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English pourely, from poure poor + -ly
: in a poor manner or condition: as
 a. : very inadequately : in an inferior or imperfect way : ineffectively, insufficiently, undesirably
  < millions of students can write poorly without knowing any grammar at all — James Binney >
  < a pioneer college with few buildings, poorly equipped — A.B.Noble >
 b. : in actual want
  < would live as poorly now as he did more than a hundred years ago — Philip Toynbee >
 c. obsolete : without generosity : shabbily
  < a man who poorly left me — Richard Steele >
 d. archaic : without spirit or courage : abjectly
  < to set free the minds … from longing to return poorly under that captivity of kings — John Milton >
II. adjective
: somewhat ill : not in good health : indisposed
 < had been poorly lately >
 < she was poorly with the slow fever — Conrad Richter >
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