Definitions for BADLY
ˈbæd libad·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. badly, severely, gravely, seriouslyadverb

   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"

2. ill, badly, poorlyadverb

   (`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-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan"

3. badlyadverb

   evilly or wickedly

   "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"

4. badly, mischievously, naughtilyadverb

   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"

5. badly, badadverb

   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"

6. badly, badadverb

   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"

7. badlyadverb

   without skill or in a displeasing manner

   "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"

8. badly, disadvantageouslyadverb

   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"

9. ill, badlyadverb

   unfavorably or with disapproval

   "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

10. badlyadverb

    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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. badlyadverb

   In a bad manner.

2. badlyadverb

   Very much; to a great degree.

   I want it so badly.

3. badlyadjective

   ill, unwell

   He's never badly. (He's never ill.)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Badlyadverb

   In a bad manner; not well.

   Etymology: from bad.

   How goes the day with us? Oh tell me, Hubert. ——
   Badly, I fear. How fares your majesty? William Shakespeare, King John.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. badly

   Badly is an adverb used to describe something done in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or incorrect way. It can also imply something that is significantly wrong or harmful. Additionally, it is used to express the intensity of an unfavorable state or feeling, such as in the phrase 'feeling badly'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Badlyadverb

   in a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BADLY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2412

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BADLY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2381

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'BADLY' in Adverbs Frequency: #192

Anagrams for BADLY »

1. baldy

2. blady

How to pronounce BADLY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BADLY in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BADLY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of BADLY in a Sentence

1. Andrew Chin:

   The Swan River estuary is good bull shark habitat and this means people can come into close contact with them, unfortunately some encounters end badly and in this case with tragic results.

2. Mitch McConnell:

   If Democrats wanted these controversial items so badly, they had two years to move them across the floor.

3. Robert Wibbelsman:

   The problem with the person who thinks he's a long-term investor and impervious to short-term gyrations is that the emotion of fear and pain will eventually make him sell badly.

4. Peter Weber -LRB- @pilot_pete -RRB-:

   I want so badly to be able to give you everything, give you my entire heart, because that's what you do to me and that's everything you deserve, and I can't do that, i'm so sorry.

5. Douglas Feith:

   The risks, of course, are that if you do it badly then you can make a situation worse.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BADLY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Badly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BADLY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BADLY