Admirably and Poorly

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Admirably adverb - In an admirable manner.

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Poorly is an antonym for admirably in topics: very well, extremely well.

Nearby Words: admirable, admired, admiring

Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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Admirably is an antonym for poorly.

Nearby Words: poor, poorness

They will also never hesitate to punish contestants who perform exceptionally poorly in team challenges and send them into elimination even if their team won (and by contrast, save a contestant from the losing team who performed admirably).

Source: Series / MasterChef

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