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.
“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.
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that transition is poorly planned, poorly executed and poorly experienced.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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that that was most poorly, poorly designed.
British Library · hear it here
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poorly adapted organisms.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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goes really, really poorly.
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of poorly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.