Good and Poorly

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Good

Good adverb - In a satisfactory way.
Usage example: things are going good for us
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Poorly is an antonym for good.
Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Poorly

Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
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Antonyms for Poorly
Good is an antonym for poorly.
Nearby Words: poor, poorness
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  • Also, for the whole series: Playing good or poorly in a stage will change the boss' speed.
    Source: Dynamic Difficulty
  • Comic Book / Gen¹³ In an unexpected twist, the entire cast were Killed Off for Real by a nuclear weapon.Following this, Chris Claremont was brought in to write an all-new, all-different Gen¹³, but the new version was not terribly good and poorly received.
    Source: Comic Book / Gen¹³
  • The case in point in 2009 is Chris Hollins, who started off poorly skilled but a good performer, and by the end was both skilled AND a good performer.
    Source: Series / Strictly Come Dancing
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