different between poorly vs shabbily

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??li/, /?p??li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??li/, /?p??li/
• Rhymes: -??(?)li, -??(?)li

Etymology 1

From Middle English poorly, pouerly, poreliche, poureliche, pouerliche, equivalent to poor +? -ly.

Adverb

poorly (comparative poorlier or more poorly, superlative poorliest or most poorly)

1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.

   to live poorly

2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage.

   to do poorly in business

3. Meanly; without spirit.

   • Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, / That from his wars they poorly would retire.

4. Without skill or merit.

   He plays tennis poorly.

5. In a negative manner; with disapproval.

   I think poorly of them.

   She looked poorly on that suggestion.

Usage notes

• Verbs to which "poorly" is often applied as an adverb to suggest insufficiency or inadequacy: planned, conceived, executed, implemented, performing, managed, controlled, designed, represented, differentiated, suited, built, dressed, soluble, ventilated, known, paid, used etc.

Example: Putting a Clif bar in a Magic Bullet will end poorly.

Etymology 2

From poor +? -ly.

Adjective

poorly (not comparable)

1. ill, unwell, sick

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:diseased

Translations

Anagrams

• pyloro-

English

Etymology

shabby +? -ly

Adverb

shabbily (comparative more shabbily, superlative most shabbily)

1. In a shabby manner.
   • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 92):

     King-of-the-Sky, whose wife had been so shabbily treated in the turtle division by not being given more than her due share, sat with his great back to one of the house posts.

2. Done poorly or ineptly.

Anagrams

• babishly