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Definitions of badly
  1. adverb
    in a disobedient or naughty way
    "he behaved badly in school"
  2. adverb
    with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
    "the injury hurt badly" "the buildings were badly shaken"

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    bad
  3. adverb
    (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
    "the car runs badly" "he performed badly on the exam"

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  4. adverb
    unfavorably or with disapproval
    "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

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    ill
  5. adverb
    in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
    "the venture turned out badly for the investors"

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  6. adverb
    to a severe or serious degree
    "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated" "badly injured"
  7. adverb
    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"

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    bad
  8. without skill or in a displeasing manner
    "she writes badly" "I think he paints very badly"
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  9. 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"
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  10. evilly or wickedly
    "treated his parents badly" "to steal is to act badly"
Examples of badly
  • "he behaved badly in school"
  • "the injury hurt badly"
  • "the buildings were badly shaken"
  • "the car runs badly"
  • "he performed badly on the exam"
  • "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
  • "the venture turned out badly for the investors"
  • "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"
  • "badly injured"
  • "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"
  • "the cables had sagged badly"
  • "they were badly in need of help"
  • "she writes badly"
  • "I think he paints very badly"
  • "they took their defeat badly"
  • "took her father's death badly"
  • "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"
  • "treated his parents badly"
  • "to steal is to act badly"
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