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Badly

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Definitions for Badly

adverb
to a severe or serious degree
Synonyms
severely gravely seriously
Examples
  1. fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
  2. badly injured
  3. a severely impaired heart
  4. is gravely ill
  5. was seriously ill
adverb
(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
Synonyms
ill poorly
Examples
  1. not well
  2. he was ill prepared
  3. it ill befits a man to betray old friends
  4. the car runs badly
  5. he performed badly on the exam
  6. the team played poorly
  7. ill-fitting clothes
  8. an ill-conceived plan
adverb
evilly or wickedly
Examples
  1. treated his parents badly
  2. to steal is to act badly
adverb
in a disobedient or naughty way
Synonyms
mischievously naughtily
Examples
  1. he behaved badly in school
  2. he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister
  3. behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room
adverb
with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
Synonyms
bad
Examples
  1. the injury hurt badly
  2. the buildings were badly shaken
  3. it hurts bad
  4. we need water bad
adverb
very much
Synonyms
bad
Examples
  1. strongly
  2. I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
  3. the cables had sagged badly
  4. they were badly in need of help
  5. he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it
adverb
without skill or in a displeasing manner
Examples
  1. she writes badly
  2. I think he paints very badly
adverb
in a disadvantageous way
Synonyms
disadvantageously
Examples
  1. to someone's disadvantage
  2. the venture turned out badly for the investors
  3. angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
adverb
unfavorably or with disapproval
Synonyms
ill
Examples
  1. tried not to speak ill of the dead
  2. thought badly of him for his lack of concern
adverb
with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
Examples
  1. they took their defeat badly
  2. took her father's death badly
  3. conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake

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