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badly
[bad-lee]
adverb
in a defective, incorrect, or undesirable way.
The car runs badly.
in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unskilled manner.
a vague, badly written letter; He paints badly.
unfavorably.
His neighbors spoke badly of him. The weather turned out badly for the cruise.
in a wicked, evil, or morally or legally wrong way.
in a disobedient, naughty, or ethically or socially wrong way.
He treats his parents badly.
very much; to a great extent or degree.
a house badly in need of repair; to want something badly.
severely; direly.
to be injured badly.
with great distress, resentment, regret, or emotional display.
She took the news of her mother's death badly.
badly
/ ˈæɪ /
adverb
poorly; defectively; inadequately
the chair is badly made
unfavourably; unsuccessfully; unfortunately
our scheme worked out badly
severely; gravely
he was badly hurt
incorrectly or inaccurately
to speak German badly
improperly; naughtily; wickedly
to behave badly
without humanity; cruelly
to treat someone badly
very much (esp in the phrases need badly , badly in need of , want badly )
regretfully
he felt badly about it
poor; impoverished
adjective
dialect(postpositive) ill; poorly
Usage
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Downing Street has said the full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs would look "specifically at how young girls were failed so badly by different agencies on a local level".
Officials told the BBC that the identification process has been slow and painstaking, as many of the bodies were badly burned in the crash and are being processed in small batches.
A man with burn injuries and a graying beard; another unconscious and badly bruised.
When I first wrote about the impact of the fires on dogs, cats, chickens and goldfish, I noted that Anthony Ruffin and Jonni Miller’s dog and two cats were badly shaken.
"Our farmers are being hurt badly. You know, they have very good workers. They've worked for them for 20 years. They're not citizens, but they've turned out to be, you know, great."
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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