badly
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badly
- /ˈbæd.li/
Rhymes with -ædli
Where it comes from
From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.
adverb worse · worst
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In a bad manner.
Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.
Similar: lousily, meagerly, poorly, shoddily · Opposite: well
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Very much; to a great degree.
I want it so badly.
Similar: acutely, very much, awfully, almighty, badly, seriously, impossibly, beyond, damn, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily
adjective more badly · most badly
- Ill, unwell. He's never badly.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ill, bad, disadvantageously, poorly, severely, naughtily, mischievously, gravely, seriously, awfully, cruelly, horribly, appallingly, grossly, desperately, woefully
Translations
Talk about this word "badly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/badly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. badly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/badly "badly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/badly.Cite this
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title = {badly},
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