badly
Meanings
- to a severe or serious degree;
- "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"
- "badly injured"
- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well;
- "the car runs badly"
- "he performed badly on the exam"
- evilly or wickedly;
- "treated his parents badly"
- "to steal is to act badly"
- in a disobedient or naughty way;
- "he behaved badly in school"
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly');
- "the injury hurt badly"
- "the buildings were badly shaken"
- 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"
- without skill or in a displeasing manner;
- "she writes badly"
- "I think he paints very badly"
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage;
- "the venture turned out badly for the investors"
- unfavorably or with disapproval;
- "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
- 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"
- BADLY adv in a bad manner
Scrabble Score: 11
badly is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordbadly is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
badly is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
badly is a valid Words With Friends word