ill
/ɪl/ adverb formalDefinition
› badly: Many of the nurses were ill prepared to deal with such badly burned patients.
can ill afford (to do) sth › If you can ill afford to do something, it is likely to make things difficult for you if you do it: This is a match United can ill afford to lose.
speak ill of sb formal › to say bad things about someone
(Definition of ill adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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