1
as in poorly
in an unsatisfactory way
I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal
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as in terribly
to a great degree
blood donors are badly needed this time of year
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Recent Examples of badly
Through it all, the Lions started to lose, and lose badly.
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Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Oliver Glasner’s side has been hit badly with only 15 players well and fit enough to participate in training this week, supplemented by a handful of under-21 players.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
But this one ended as badly as their previous three thanks to John Madden’s dominant Oakland Raiders.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
Public polls at the time showed Biden badly trailing Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Scogin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Oliver Glasner’s side has been hit badly with only 15 players well and fit enough to participate in training this week, supplemented by a handful of under-21 players.
—Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
But this one ended as badly as their previous three thanks to John Madden’s dominant Oakland Raiders.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
Public polls at the time showed Biden badly trailing Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for badly
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The film met with less critical success, did poorly at the box office, and was nominated for just one Oscar—for its cinematography, by Emmanuel Lubezki.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Big Brother people go on The Amazing Race and do poorly.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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And in a terribly fateful move, economists encouraged the switching of a tariff for an income tax, the spirit of 1913, when the income tax came on and the tariff was substantially reduced.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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We were treated terribly during the hostage crisis.—
Courtney Dorning,
NPR,
11 Jan. 2025
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Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2024
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That started off bad and got better.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2023
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The complexity comes from Alexa users expecting quick responses as well as extremely high levels of accuracy.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
14 Jan. 2025
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The German wing is an extremely smart basketball player.—
Sam Vecenie,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Phoenix Suns appear to be the team pushing hardest to trade for Butler, according to league sources, but the complication is that Suns guard Bradley Beal would very likely need to be involved in that deal to make the salary cap math work.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2025
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Or, at the very least, something just to sweep us away from reality for a while.—
Annalise Frank,
Axios,
14 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs fell behind by 24 points in the second quarter but incredibly led 28-24 at halftime after Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes in the period.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2025
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Firefighters are doing everything possible to protect lives, homes, and critical infrastructure under incredibly tough conditions.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Ultimately, yet another slow start was too much to overcome.—
Matt Schneidman,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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There is also much uncertainty over his administration's policy rollout and this could be curbing investor enthusiasm too.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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The semiconductor supply chain is highly vulnerable to shocks, and concerned governments have lobbied TSMC to move more production away from Taiwan.—
AFP,
Fortune Asia,
10 Jan. 2025
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Check out some of them here: ➡️ Want to be a highly effective communicator?—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Badly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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