poorish

About nightfall,—their horse having made poorish fight, though the foot had stood to it like men,—they roll universally away.

Without more or less of this knowledge, a lady, even the wife of a peer, is but a poorish thing.

Never mind your being poorish as yet; there's money in your head-piece as there's money i' the sown field, but it must ha' time.

It was, in fact, a poorish match and the young couple were dependent more or less on Wardle.

Dartie reflected that Bosinney would have a poorish time in that cab if he didn't look sharp!