poorly

adj : 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" [syn: {ailing},

{indisposed}, {peaked(p)}, {poorly(p)}, {sickly}, {unwell}]

adv : (`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-fitting

clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" [syn: {ill}, {badly}]

[ant: {well}]