Synonyms of badly

badly

adverb

ˈbad-lē 

1

as in poorly

in an unsatisfactory way

I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poorly
• bad
• horribly
• inadequately
• unsatisfactorily
• terribly
• incorrectly
• deficiently
• wretchedly
• unacceptably
• dreadfully
• lousily
• awfully
• disastrously
• atrociously
• abysmally
• horrendously
• horrifically
• deplorably
• inappropriately
• intolerably
• unbearably
• damnably
• grossly
• miserably
• indecently
• unsuitably
• egregiously
• vulgarly
• execrably
• rottenly
• abominably
• shoddily
• insufficiently
• flagrantly
• shabbily
• vilely
• detestably
• unspeakably
• naughtily
• reprehensibly
• odiously
• meagerly
• scantily
• inferiorly
• sparely
• skimpily
• niggardly
• meanly
• sleazily
• stingily
• trashily
• scantly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• adequately
• fine
• nicely
• satisfactorily
• good
• all right
• okay
• acceptably
• correctly
• tolerably
• appropriately
• rightly
• decently
• so-so
• OK
• suitably
• fittingly
• passably
• precisely
• seemly
• exactly
• faithfully
• ideally
• respectably
• palatably
• felicitously
• decorously
• congruously
• meetly
• satisfyingly
• gratifyingly

2

as in terribly

to a great degree

blood donors are badly needed this time of year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terribly
• extremely
• very
• incredibly
• severely
• too
• highly
• desperately
• damn
• so
• damned
• really
• seriously
• heavily
• greatly
• far
• intensely
• much
• that
• wildly
• especially
• jolly
• most
• super
• awfully
• particularly
• exceptionally
• fantastically
• specially
• fiercely
• immensely
• awful
• real
• full
• such
• fabulously
• absolutely
• mighty
• hugely
• frightfully
• good and
• mortally
• exceedingly
• thoroughly
• vitally
• totally
• sore
• way
• sorely
• supremely
• enormously
• completely
• exceeding
• deeply
• uncommonly
• extra
• wicked
• remarkably
• utterly
• deadly
• vastly
• majorly
• bone
• passing
• positively
• achingly
• colossally
• mightily
• cracking
• eminently
• dang
• surpassingly
• entirely
• significantly
• rattling
• roaring
• archly
• a lot
• whacking
• thumping
• ever
• beastly
• filthy
• almighty
• monstrous
• spanking
• wholly
• roaringly
• considerably
• blisteringly
• corking
• noticeably
• fully
• right
• stinking
• profoundly
• extensively
• radically
• obviously
• unco
• visibly
• substantially
• as all get-out
• purely
• notably
• downright
• markedly
• excessively
• flat-out
• palpably
• appreciably
• plentifully
• plainly
• altogether
• monumentally
• abundantly
• amazingly
• obscenely
• discernibly
• astronomically
• astonishingly
• monstrously
• staggeringly
• overmuch
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• slightly
• little
• nominally
• negligibly
• just
• barely
• minimally
• hardly
• scarcely
• marginally
• scantily
• meagerly

Examples of badly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in the bigger picture, the stock has struggled badly in recent months, losing about half its value since Biden dropped out of the race for the White House in July. —Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024

Before long, things escalate and cause further suspicion, when many more of Michael’s livestock are badly maimed, leaving him to put them down, one by one. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024

The upper floors of buildings, which were harder to get to, hot, badly ventilated, and cramped, were the least desirable units, not unlike how the top stories of manor houses were where the household staff lived. —Michael Y. Park, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024

Things have, in fact, been going badly for a very long time, as is prone to happen when someone moves to an uninhabited island and attempts to carve out a new world order. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2024