po'ly

"What's this?" says I. "Oh, massa," says the wenches, "Hermia she pow'ful sick; she real po'ly, she is."

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

"What's this?" says I. "Oh, massa," says the wenches, "Hermia she pow'ful sick; she real po'ly, she is."

Flash For Freedom Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1971

"Yes, Mars Jones, I's been po'ly dis liblong day, an 'I's gittin' sassifrax for to make me a little drap o 'tea, I's got sich a mis'ry."

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

"I gin'rally feel right po'ly after dinner, and I'm use ter takin 'forty winks."

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

"Cyant see her; I tell you -- she's mighty po'ly."

The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

"I dunno as I 'se, to say, po'ly," Wat replies, "but dat boy's been a-pesterin 'me dis livelong day, a-callin' 'Daddy, Daddy!' jes 'like I talkin' now, till seem like I 'se most beat out along o' him."

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

Janice did not wonder that her aunt felt "right po'ly."

Janice Day at Poketown Helen Beecher Long

Yes suh, we've lived here eighteen years, and had fine health till last few years, but my health is sorter po'ly now.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration

En fer a mont 'er so she crawled roun' de house, en 'peared ter be so po'ly dat Mars' Dugal 'sont fer a doctor; en de doctor kep' on axin 'her questions' tel he foun 'she wuz des pinin' erway fer Jeff.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Various

Us always made a good livin 'on de farm, an' still raises mos 'of what us needs, but I done got so po'ly I can't wuk no more.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Work Projects Administration