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badly definition
badly |
Overview of adv badly The adv badly has 10 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) badly, severely, gravely, seriously -- (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") 2. (4) ill, badly, poorly -- ((`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") 3. badly -- (evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly") 4. badly, mischievously, naughtily -- (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") 5. badly, bad -- (with great intensity; "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly' as in "it hurts bad" or "we need water bad")) 6. badly, 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") 7. badly -- (without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly") 8. badly, disadvantageously -- (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") 9. ill, badly -- (unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern") 10. badly -- (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") Overview of adv badly The adv badly has 10 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) badly, severely, gravely, seriously -- (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") 2. (4) ill, badly, poorly -- ((`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") 3. badly -- (evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly") 4. badly, mischievously, naughtily -- (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") 5. badly, bad -- (with great intensity; "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly' as in "it hurts bad" or "we need water bad")) 6. badly, 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") 7. badly -- (without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly") 8. badly, disadvantageously -- (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") 9. ill, badly -- (unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern") 10. badly -- (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")
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