badly

Adverb

• In an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
• 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"

Adv

• In a bad manner.
• Very much; to a great degree.

Adj

• Ill, unwell.

Examples

• Don't think badly of me, give me the benefit of the doubt.
• Everything went badly wrong.
• He played so badly that even the dictionary app felt sorry for him.
• He's never badly.
• I want it so badly.
• Look at these split ends! You badly need a haircut!
• Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.

Synonyms

bad, disadvantageously, gravely, ill, mischievously, naughtily, poorly, seriously, severely

Antonyms

advantageously, well

Anagrams of badly