- Types Of Speech
- You can use poorly as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Poorly
- A 2 syllables adverb and 6 letters with the letters l, o, p, r, and y, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters or. Poorly starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, po, poo, poor, poorl, and the ending characters are y, ly, rly, orly, oorly, . Poorly is also a double vowel (oo) word. View the double vowel words list.
- Definition
- (`ill'' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill
- Scrabble
- Is poorly a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Poorly in Pig Latin is said as "oorlypay or oorlypway".
- Unigram
- p | o | o | r | l | y
- Bigram
- po | oo | or | rl | ly
- Trigram
- poo | oor | orl | rly
- Quadrigram
- poor | oorl | orly
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Abjectly | in a hopeless resigned manner "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly" |
Abominably | in a terrible manner "she sings terribly" |
About | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
Abysmally | in a terrible manner "she sings terribly" |
Afield | off the subject beyond the point at issue "such digressions can lead us too far afield" |
Ailing | somewhat ill or prone to illness "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" |
Alas | by bad luck "unfortunately it rained all day" "alas, I cannot stay" |
Amiss | in an imperfect or faulty way "The lobe was imperfectly developed" "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen |
Approximately | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
Around | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
View all cognitive synonyms for Poorly
Antonym | Definition |
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Good | moral excellence or admirableness "there is much good to be found in people" |
Well | a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine |
Anagram | Definition |
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Poorly | (`ill'' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner not well "he was ill prepared" "it ill befits a man to betray old friends" "the car runs badly" "he performed badly on the exam" "the team played poorly" "ill |
View English words with the unique letters used in poorly. Words With The Letters Lopry
Word | Definition |
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Mediocre | poor to middling in quality; "there have been good and mediocre and bad artists" |
Poor | deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor d |
Second Rate |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Foreplay (8 letters) | 16 +5 | 17 +5 | foreplay | ||
Pillory (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 14 +2 | pillory | ||
Plyboard (8 letters) | 16 +5 | 18 +6 | plyboard | ||
Payroll (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 14 +2 | payroll | ||
Playgoer (8 letters) | 14 +3 | 16 +4 | playgoer | ||
Pyrola (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | pyrola | ||
Polypore (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 17 +5 | elooppry | ||
Prophyll (8 letters) | 18 +7 | 20 +8 | prophyll | ||
Propyl (6 letters) | 13 +2 | 15 +3 | propyl | ||
Redeploy (8 letters) | 14 +3 | 15 +3 | redeploy | ||
Roleplay (8 letters) | 13 +2 | 15 +3 | roleplay | ||
Pyloric (7 letters) | 14 +3 | 16 +4 | pyloric | ||
Poorly (6 letters) | 11 | 12 | loopry | ||
Probably (8 letters) | 17 +6 | 20 +8 | probably | ||
Properly (8 letters) | 15 +4 | 17 +5 | elopprry | ||
Priorly (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 13 +1 | iloprry | ||
Polycarp (8 letters) | 17 +6 | 20 +8 | acloppry | ||
Pyrolyze (8 letters) | 25 +14 | 25 +13 | pyrolyze |
Poorly Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters