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Quick definitions from WordNet (badly)
▸ adverb: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display ("They took their defeat badly")
▸ adverb: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage ("The venture turned out badly for the investors")
▸ adverb: without skill or in a displeasing manner ("She writes badly")
▸ adverb: to a severe or serious degree ("Fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated")
▸ adverb: very much; strongly ("I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it")
▸ adverb: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') ("The injury hurt badly")
▸ adverb: in a disobedient or naughty way ("He behaved badly in school")
▸ adverb: evilly or wickedly ("Treated his parents badly")
▸ adverb: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well ("The car runs badly")
▸ adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval ("Thought badly of him for his lack of concern")
▸ Also see worst
▸ Words similar to badly
▸ Usage examples for badly
▸ Words that often appear near badly
▸ Rhymes of badly
▸ Invented words related to badly
▸ adverb: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display ("They took their defeat badly")
▸ adverb: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage ("The venture turned out badly for the investors")
▸ adverb: without skill or in a displeasing manner ("She writes badly")
▸ adverb: to a severe or serious degree ("Fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated")
▸ adverb: very much; strongly ("I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it")
▸ adverb: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') ("The injury hurt badly")
▸ adverb: in a disobedient or naughty way ("He behaved badly in school")
▸ adverb: evilly or wickedly ("Treated his parents badly")
▸ adverb: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well ("The car runs badly")
▸ adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval ("Thought badly of him for his lack of concern")
▸ Also see worst
▸ Words similar to badly
▸ Usage examples for badly
▸ Words that often appear near badly
▸ Rhymes of badly
▸ Invented words related to badly