badly
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badly Definition
(r)
to
a
severe
or
serious
degree
; "
fingers
so
badly
frozen
they
had
to
be
amputated
"; "
badly
injured
"; "
a
severely
impaired
heart
"; "
is
gravely
ill
"; "
was
seriously
ill
"
(r) (`
ill
''
is
often
used
as
a
combining
form
)
in
a
poor
or
improper
or
unsatisfactory
manner
;
not
well
; "
he
was
ill
prepared
"; "
it
ill
befits
a
man
to
betray
old
friends
"; "
the
car
runs
badly
"; "
he
performed
badly
on
the
exam
"; "
the
team
played
poorly
"; "
ill
(r)
evilly
or
wickedly
; "
treated
his
parents
badly
"; "
to
steal
is
to
act
badly
"
(r)
in
a
disobedient
or
naughty
way
; "
he
behaved
badly
in
school
"; "
he
mischievously
looked
for
a
chance
to
embarrass
his
sister
"; "
behaved
naughtily
when
they
had
guests
and
was
sent
to
his
room
"
(r)
with
great
intensity
(`
bad
''
is
a
nonstandard
variant
for
`
badly
''); "
the
injury
hurt
badly
"; "
the
buildings
were
badly
shaken
"; "
it
hurts
bad
"; "
we
need
water
bad
"
(r)
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
"; "
he
wants
a
bicycle
so
bad
he
can
taste
it
"
(r)
without
skill
or
in
a
displeasing
manner
; "
she
writes
badly
"; "
I
think
he
paints
very
badly
"
(r)
in
a
disadvantageous
way
;
to
someone
''
s
disadvantage
; "
the
venture
turned
out
badly
for
the
investors
"; "
angry
that
the
case
was
settled
disadvantageously
for
them
"
(r)
unfavorably
or
with
disapproval
; "
tried
not
to
speak
ill
of
the
dead
"; "
thought
badly
of
him
for
his
lack
of
concern
"
(r)
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 Synonyms
bad
badly
disadvantageously
gravely
ill
mischievously
naughtily
poorly
seriously
severely
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