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[ adverb ] (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Examples "he was ill prepared" "the car runs badly" "he performed badly on the exam" "the team played poorly" "ill-fitting clothes" "an ill-conceived plan" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Dominated_by the vicious_circle of the university promotion_system , the analyst looks_down_on and gets_along poorly with the other three groups , although he cannot deny his debt to the collector . (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The most distal airways are similar to those found in type 1 , , being composed of numerous , apparently true terminal bronchioles and occasional , poorly developed respiratory bronchioles ( figs. 14 , 15 ) . True terminal bronchioles comprise the most frequent form taken by the distal airways in types 1 , and 3 , , although small numbers of poorly developed respiratory bronchioles are present . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)First_of_all there was the parsonage , an utterly impossible place for civilized people to live_in , originally poorly conceived , apparently not repaired for years , with no plumbing or sewage , with rat-holes and rot . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] somewhat ill or prone to illness
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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