Synonym: ailing, badly, ill, indisposed, peaked, poorly, seedy, sickly, under the weather, unwell. Similar words: poor, floor leader, pool, spoon, lampoon, teaspoon, tablespoon, world. Meaning: ['pʊrlɪ /'pʊəlɪ] 
adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness. adv. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well.
adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness. adv. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well. 1 The movie is poorly acted.
2 The street is poorly lit.
3 Jana's doing poorly in school.
4 Badly worn type prints poorly.
5 The movie was poorly dubbed.
6 The job is relatively poorly paid.
7 The onions bulb poorly in this cold wet season.
8 Our candidate fared poorly in the election .
9 Health care in the capital compares poorly with that in the rest of the country.
10 He is poorly remunerated for all the work he does.
11 If the patient is poorly nourished, the drugs make them feel nauseous.
12 The book has been poorly researched.
13 They did poorly in the examination.
14 He entertains his guest very poorly.
15 Matt's wife's been very poorly.
16 The article was poorly written.
17 We're poorly off for coal at the moment.
18 I've just phoned Julie and she's still poorly.
19 Fund managers are poorly placed to monitor firms.
20 These tyres perform badly/poorly in hot weather.
21 Women are limited to the more poorly paid jobs.
22 She was born prematurely with poorly developed lungs.
23 The widow and children are very poorly off.
24 The team performed poorly on Saturday.
25 The child has been poorly all week.
26 I'm just a poorly paid teacher.
27 These streets are very poorly lit.
28 The actors were poorly rehearsed.
29 The car performed poorly at high speeds.
30 The manifesto is long-winded(sentencedict.com/poorly.html), repetitious and often ambiguous or poorly drafted.