Badly

//ˈbæd.li//

Synonyms for "badly" (97 found)

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

derived

3 entries

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

3 entries

Translations

61 translations across 38 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κακῶς adv (in a bad manner)

Basque

1 entries
  • gaizki adv (in a bad manner)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • зле adj (ill, unwell)
  • зле adv (in a bad manner)

Catalan

2 entries
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)
  • malament adv (in a bad manner)

Cimbrian

1 entries
  • brüubel adv (in a bad manner)

Czech

1 entries
  • špatně adv (in a bad manner)

Danish

1 entries
  • dårligt adv (in a bad manner)

Dutch

1 entries
  • slecht adv (in a bad manner)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • malbone adv (in a bad manner)

Finnish

3 entries
  • sairas adj (ill, unwell)
  • huonosti adv (in a bad manner)
  • pahasti adv (in a bad manner)

French

2 entries
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)
  • mauvaisement adv (in a bad manner)

Friulian

1 entries
  • mâl adv (in a bad manner)

Galician

1 entries
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)

German

2 entries
  • schlecht adj (ill, unwell)
  • schlecht adv (in a bad manner)

Greek

4 entries
  • άρρωστος adj (ill, unwell)
  • άσχημα adv (in a bad manner)
  • κακά adv (in a bad manner)
  • κακώς adv (in a bad manner)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rosszul adv (in a bad manner)

Ido

2 entries
  • malada adj (ill, unwell)
  • male adv (in a bad manner)

Italian

1 entries
  • male adv (in a bad manner)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 悪く adv (in a bad manner)

Korean

2 entries
  • 나쁘게 adv (in a bad manner)
  • 서투르게 adv (in a bad manner)

Ladin

1 entries
  • melamënter adv (in a bad manner)

Latin

2 entries
  • aliter adv (in a bad manner)
  • male adv (in a bad manner)

Latvian

1 entries
  • slikti adv (in a bad manner)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • nai adv (in a bad manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dårlig adj (ill, unwell)
  • dårlig adv (in a bad manner)

Occitan

2 entries
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)
  • mau adv (in a bad manner)

Old English

1 entries
  • yfele adv (in a bad manner)

Polish

1 entries
  • źle adv (in a bad manner)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)

Romanian

1 entries
  • rău adv (in a bad manner)

Romansch

1 entries
  • malamain adv (in a bad manner)

Russian

4 entries
  • ду́рно adj (ill, unwell)
  • нехорошо́ adj (ill, unwell)
  • пло́хо adj (ill, unwell)
  • нехорошо́ adv (in a bad manner)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • male adv (in a bad manner)

Slovene

1 entries
  • slabó adv (in a bad manner)

Spanish

3 entries
  • mal adj (ill, unwell)
  • mal adv (in a bad manner)
  • malamente adv (in a bad manner)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dålig adj (ill, unwell)
  • dåligt adv (in a bad manner)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kötü adj (ill, unwell)
  • acil adv (in a bad manner)
  • fena adv (in a bad manner)

Walloon

1 entries
  • adv (in a bad manner)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I miss you badly.

Source: tatoeba (18051)

We will miss you badly.

Source: tatoeba (18055)

Don't speak badly of him in his absence.

Source: tatoeba (27092)

I saw at a glance that the empty house was badly in need of repair.

Source: tatoeba (27817)

Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.

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