Poorly and Slightly

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Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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Slightly and poorly are semantically related in faintly topic. In some cases you can use "Slightly" instead an adverb "Poorly".

Nearby Words: poor, poorness

Slightly adverb - By a very small margin.

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Poorly and slightly are semantically related in faintly topic. Sometimes you can use "Poorly" instead an adverb "Slightly".

Nearby Word: slight

The version in the radio omits the exact number of robots and instead is just six people from the Radiophonic Workshop corridor singing quite poorly through a vocoder with a slightly detuned backing.

Source: Coconut Superpowers
In another episode, this is done slightly less poorly: House is playing Ninja Gaiden II on an Xbox 360 with realistic sounds and button inputs.

Source: Pac-Man Fever
Shurkal, the country that Shaylar hails from, responds...poorly, and the rest of Sharona is only slightly less angry.

Source: Literature / Hell's Gate

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