How to pronounce poorly

Listen to poorly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“poorly” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 326 American · 653 British · 68 Australian · 4 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. that transition is poorly planned, poorly executed and poorly experienced.

    UK Parliament · hear it here

  2. that that was most poorly, poorly designed.

    British Library · hear it here

  3. poorly adapted organisms.

    The Royal Institution · hear it here

  4. goes really, really poorly.

    The Atlantic · hear it here

Why real speech

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