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.

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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?

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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. Aldous Huxley:

   Classic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. ROLLING IN THE MUCK IS NOT THE BEST WAY OF GETTING CLEAN.

2. Matthew Fraling:

   We certainly do not want to speak badly of the deceased but Mr. Gray created a high degree of risk.

3. Yvonne Chiu:

   The US has a reputation -- at least in China -- for not being particularly strong or interested or really wanting to or have the ability to defend its interests, so Beijing is going to react badly to this.

4. Tom Saxlund:

   We generally ski for about a minute before we stop so any kind of exercise for the legs such as squats or lunges -- from eight to 10 weeks out if you are really committed -- will make a big difference, a lot of our customers make the same movement pattern again and again and so they're very good at skiing badly. It's about replacing that old movement pattern with something different.

5. President Trump:

   I do feel badly for [Flynn]. He served the country. He was a general. But just remember, he was approved by the Obama administration at the highest level, and when they say we didn’t vet, well Obama I guess didn’t vet, because he was approved at the highest level of security by the Obama administration. So when he came into our administration, for a short period of time, he came in, he was already approved by the Obama administration.

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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