Bad and Poorly

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Bad

Bad adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: I've been feeling bad all week with this cold
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Poorly is a synonym for bad. In some cases you can use "Poorly" instead the word "Bad" as an adjective or an adverb.
Nearby Words: badly, badness

Poorly

Poorly adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: she stayed home because she was feeling poorly
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Bad is a synonym for poorly. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead the word "Poorly" as an adjective or an adverb.
Nearby Words: poor, poorness

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  • Podcast / Talkradar From the Ocarina of Time FAPs, don't accuse Brett of being a bad Zelda player; he'll go on a tirade about how the game controls poorly and the camera often chooses a bad angle.
    Source: Podcast / Talkradar
  • Unfortunately, the Latin is poorly phrased (and more like bad Humanist Latin than bad Medieval Latin).
    Source: Bilingual Backfire
  • Ron actually invokes this trope; he doesn't believe that the government should exist, so he took a job there knowing he would be bad at it, just so he could do it poorly and slow everything down.
    Source: The Peter Principle
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