Hyphenation of poorly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word poorly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

poor-ly

Definitions of poorly:

1.	Somewhat ill or prone to illness My poor ailing grandmother Feeling a bit indisposed today You look a little peaked Feeling poorly A sickly child Is unwell and can't come to work
2.	(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner Not well He was ill prepared It ill befits a man to betray old friends The car runs badly He performed badly on the exam The team played poorly Ill-fitting clothes An ill-conceived plan

Synonyms of poorly:

adj	ailing, indisposed, peaked, sickly, unwell, under the weather, ill, sick
adv	ill, badly

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.