POORLY
ADJECTIVES
► AHILDING ailing, poorly → 1896 Eng. dial.
► AILDY ailing, poorly → 1697 Eng. dial. obs.
► ANGISH sickly, unhealthy, very poorly → 19C Ireland
► AT HALF-MAST poorly, unwell → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BADLINS out of health, poorly, ailing → 1932 Sc.
► BRIEF poorly, not well → 1952 Amer. dial.
► CRAPPY in poor health or spirits; unwell, poorly → 1956
► DICKY of persons, animals, etc.: poorly, out of sorts, in weak health, ill → 1883 Eng. dial.
► FEEBLY in a sorry manner or plight; inefficiently, insufficiently, niggardly, poorly, scantily → c1290 obs.
► FEWLY poorly, delicate → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANGY poorly, dull through incipient illness → 19C Eng. dial.
► HILDING ailing, poorly → 19C Eng. dial.
► INDIFFERENT poorly, bad, ill → 1889 Eng. dial.
► MEAN ALL OVER unwell, poorly, under the weather → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MIDDLINISH in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly → 1853 Eng. dial.
► PEASLY said of a person who looks poorly or unhealthy → 1969 Amer. dial.
► SADLY in bad health, ill, poorly → 1711 now Eng. dial.
► SINGLY slightly, poorly, ineffectively → 1548 obs.
► TENDERLY poorly, unwell → 1787 Sc.
► TEULY ► TEWLY ► TOOLY ► TULY weak, sickly, delicate; poorly, unwell → 1691 Eng. dial.
► WANLY ► WANNILY poorly, in poor health → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
► BADLINS poorly, out of health, unwell → 1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LEWDLY badly, poorly, ill → c1386 obs.
► NAKEDLY barely, poorly, imperfectly; slightly → 1589 obs.
► NAUGHTILY badly, poorly → 1574 obs.
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