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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Badly \Bad"ly\, adv In a bad manner; poorly; not well unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. Note: Badly is often used colloquially for very much or very greatly, with words signifying to want or need From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: badly adv 1: 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" [syn: {severely}, {gravely}, {seriously}] 2: (`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" [syn: {ill}, {poorly}] [ant: {well}] 3: evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" 4: 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" [syn: {mischievously}, {naughtily}] 5: 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") [syn: {bad}] 6: 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" [syn: {bad}] 7: without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" [ant: {well}] 8: 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" [syn: {disadvantageously}] [ant: {well}, {well}] 9: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: {ill}] [ant: {well}] 10: 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" [ant: {well}]
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