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Definition of badly

adverb:

• 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". Synonyms: gravely, seriously, severely.
• (`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". Synonyms: ill, poorly. Antonyms: well.
• evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly", "to steal is to act badly".
• 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". Synonyms: mischievously, naughtily.
• 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". Synonyms: bad.
• 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". Synonyms: bad.
• without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly", "I think he paints very badly". Antonyms: well.
• 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". Synonyms: disadvantageously. Antonyms: advantageously, well.
• unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead", "thought badly of him for his lack of concern". Synonyms: ill. Antonyms: well.
• 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". Antonyms: well.

Words nearby

baldly, bally, madly, sadly.

Rhymes with

bradley, gladly, madly, sadly.