badly

adverb

bad·ly ˈbad-lē

Synonyms of badly next

: in a bad manner

played badly

: to a great or intense degree

want something badly

Phrases

badly off for

British

: strongly in need of (something or someone)

It may seem pie in the sky in the current financial climate, but few could argue that for a city of its size and prestige, Edinburgh is badly off for large-scale sports facilities.—

The Evening News (Edinburgh)

not badly

: fairly or acceptably well

The economy is doing not badly and looks even better than it really is.—

Tom Teepen

think badly of

: to have an unfavorable or low opinion of (someone or something)

"You shouldn't think badly of the town because of this," said Brogan. "It is a good town."—

Neil Gaiman

Examples of badly in a Sentence

He played badly but I played even worse. The failure reflects badly on the administration. She wanted the job badly. I'm badly in need of a vacation. His fingers were badly frozen.

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Sinner was struggling badly with illness in the heat and was saved in large part by a medical timeout and a 21-minute break to fix a broken net. —

Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 Choose Salt-Tolerant Plants Plants like viburnum, boxwood, red twig dogwood, and serviceberry react badly to salty soil. —

Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2025 Investors sold off, analysts questioned the selloff and pilots expressed frustration that the carrier’s profit-sharing level badly trails peers. —

Ted Reed, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Zorro, a gray and white dog, was found badly wounded on the side of I-95 in Miami-Dade County last year, Local 10 reported. —

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