Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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poorly

UK /ˈpʊə.li/ · US /ˈpʊɹ.li/ adverb, adjective

Forms poorlier poorliest

  1. adverb In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. “to live poorly”
  2. adverb With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage. “to do poorly in business”
  3. adverb Meanly; without spirit.
  4. adverb Without skill or merit. “He plays tennis poorly.”
  5. adverb In a negative manner; with disapproval; unfavorably. “I think poorly of them.”
  6. adjective (UK) Ill, unwell, sick. “to report one's child poorly”

Synonyms

ailing indisposed peaked sickly unwell under the weather seedy ill badly

Etymology

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

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort; as, to live poorly.
  2. adverb With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage; as, to do poorly in business.
  3. adjective Somewhat ill; indisposed; not in health. "Having been poorly in health." T. Scott.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “poorly”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “poorly” (best matches first).