6
scantily(adverb, badly, weakly, scarcely, insufficiently)
6
shabbily(adverb, badly, weakly, reasonably, untidily)
6
unsatisfactorily
5
below par(expression, adjective, idiom, bad, weak)
5
crudely(adverb, inferior)
5
deficiently(adverb, scarcely, insufficiently, faultily)
5
feeble(adjective, mean, weak, ill, inadequate)
5
frail(adjective, mean, weak, ill, sick)
5
improperly
5
ineptly(adverb, badly, carelessly, scarcely, faultily)
5
infirm(adjective, mean, ill, sick, green)
5
insufficiently(adverb, badly, weakly, scarcely, insufficiently)
5
queasy(adjective, mean, weak, sick, green)
5
weak(adjective, mean, ill, sick, green)
5
wretchedly(adverb, arouse bad feelings)
4
awfully(adverb, badly, arouse bad feelings)
4
basely
4
contemptibly
4
destitutely
4
humbly(adverb, meanly, meekly, submissively, squalidly)
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