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Defenition of the word badly

    • Defenition of the word badly

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

    Synonyms for the word badly

      • acutely
      • appallingly
      • awfully
      • bad
      • critically
      • defectively
      • deficiently
      • desperately
      • disadvantageously
      • disobediently
      • dreadfully
      • faultily
      • gravely
      • ill
      • imperfectly
      • improperly
      • inadequately
      • mischievously
      • naughtily
      • poorly
      • roughly
      • rudely
      • seriously
      • severely
      • shoddily
      • terribly
      • troublesomely
      • unfavorably
      • unmanageably
      • unsuccessfully
      • waywardly
      • willfully

    Similar words in the badly

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    Antonyms for the word badly

      • advantageously
      • good
      • well

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