badly

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/ˈbæd.li/

adv 2adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

clean, damaged, empty, injured, owing, printed, unconscious

The car was badly damaged in the accident and needed expensive repairs.

VERB + BADLY

doing, don't, eat, going, house, hurt, itches, miss

My knee hurt badly when I fell down the stairs yesterday.

BADLY + NOUN

crapola, exams, mosquitoes

She did badly on her exams and had to retake two of them in the summer.

PREP.

in, off

The project went badly off track when we ran out of funding halfway through.

Definitions

adv

In a bad manner.

Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.

Don't think badly of me, give me the benefit of the doubt.

Very much; to a great degree.

I want it so badly.

Look at these split ends! You badly need a haircut!

adj

Ill, unwell.

He's never badly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or impro

adverb — unfavorably or with disapproval

adverb — in a disadvantageous way

disadvantageously

adverb — to a severe or serious degree

adverb — very much

adverb — with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `ba

adverb — in a disobedient or naughty way

mischievously
naughtily

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.

Wiktionary

Don't think badly of me, give me the benefit of the doubt.

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You can eat badly and feel crapola or eat healthily and feel great. The choice is yours...

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He's never badly.

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I miss you badly.

Tatoeba · #18051

We will miss you badly.

Tatoeba · #18055

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