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Badly

//ˈbæd.li// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ill, unwell. Northern-England

    "He's never badly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a bad manner.

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

  2. 2
    Very much; to a great degree.

    "I want it so badly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well wordnet
  2. 2
    with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display wordnet
  3. 3
    unfavorably or with disapproval wordnet
  4. 4
    in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage wordnet
  5. 5
    without skill or in a displeasing manner wordnet
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  1. 6
    to a severe or serious degree wordnet
  2. 7
    very much; strongly wordnet
  3. 8
    with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’) wordnet
  4. 9
    in a disobedient or naughty way wordnet
  5. 10
    evilly or wickedly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.

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