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View usage for: (bædli) Word forms: comparative worse, superlative worst1. adverb [ADVERB with verb]If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective. I was angry because I played so badly. The whole project was badly managed. The coalition did worse than expected, getting just 11.6 per cent of the vote. Synonyms: poorly, incorrectly, carelessly, inadequately More Synonyms of badly 2. adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]If someone or something is badly hurt or badly affected, they are severely hurt or affected. The bomb destroyed a police station and badly damaged a church. One man was killed and another badly injured. It was a gamble that went badly wrong. Synonyms: severely, greatly, deeply, seriously More Synonyms of badly 3. adverb [ADVERB with verb]If you want or need something badly, you want or need it very much. Why do you want to go so badly? Planes landed at Bagram airport today carrying badly needed food and medicine. Synonyms: much, seriously, desperately More Synonyms of badly 4. adverb [ADVERB with verb]If someone behaves badly or treats other people badly, they act in an unkind, unpleasant, or unacceptable way. They have both behaved very badly and I am very hurt. I would like to know why we pensioners are being so badly treated. 5. adverb [ADVERB after verb]If something reflects badly on someone or makes others think badly of them, it harms their reputation. Teachers know that low exam results will reflect badly on them. The male sex comes out of the film very badly. Despite his illegal act, few people think badly of him. 6. adverb [usually ADVERB -ed, oft ADVERB after verb]If a person or their job is badly paid, they are not paid very much for what they do. You may have to work part-time, in a badly paid job with unsociable hours. This is the most dangerous professional sport there is, and the worst paid. Synonyms: poorly, meanly, inadequately, insufficiently More Synonyms of badly 7. See also worse, worst More Synonyms of badly (ˈbædlɪ) adverbWord forms: worse or worst1. poorly; defectively; inadequately the chair is badly made 2. unfavourably; unsuccessfully; unfortunately our scheme worked out badly 3. severely; gravely he was badly hurt 4. incorrectly or inaccurately to speak German badly 5. improperly; naughtily; wickedly to behave badly 6. without humanity; cruelly to treat someone badly 7. very much (esp in the phrases need badly, badly in need of, want badly) 8. regretfully he felt badly about it 9. badly off adjective10. (postpositive) Northern England dialect ill; poorly badly in American English (ˈbædli) adverbWord forms: worse or worst1. in a bad manner; harmfully, unpleasantly, incorrectly, wickedly, etc. 2. Informal very much; greatly to want something badly ▶ USAGE: Also used informally as an adjective meaning “sorry,” although bad is preferred in formal use [she feels bad (or badly) about the loss] Examples of 'badly' in a sentencebadly Their present home is in a neighbourhood that has been badly damaged.The incumbents often behave badly towards new entrants.It remains unclear why you acted so badly.The job was badly paid and he found the attentions of Washington high society irksome.One of the dead women was the mother or daughter of another passenger, who had also been badly injured.He took it quite badly.MINISTERS are today slammed for hoarding government land that 150,000 badly needed homes should be built on.I sensed something was badly wrong as I crawled to the side of the pitch.We face a banking system that is badly damaged and still trying to repair its balance sheets.How badly affected would he be were he to fail for a second time?Yet a badly needed upturn in profits has proven elusive.Its usefulness will often justify a path which in theory may appear quite arbitrary or badly traced.Models need to ask themselves if they want the jobs that badly.Your ex behaved very badly but you can do better.They have got something badly wrong but keep demanding the money.You can feel how badly they want the chance.It remains unclear why you acted so badly.But right now we need you badly.We will already have been informed of employees expected to take it particularly badly.You opened yourself up to the possibility of intimacy and got badly hurt in the process.We were visiting homes and hospitals to see football fans who had been badly burnt.That vessel was badly damaged and its commander wounded.Afterwards a helicopter flew over some of the most badly affected sites to photograph the damage.The genetic map could also yield badly needed new treatments.The ghosts of the past also augur badly.They are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.The only choice management has in these areas is therefore whether it will do the jobs well or badly.Some people do react really badly.I had a vast mortgage and a badly paid, unstable career. British English: badly / ˈbædlɪ/ ADVERB If you do something badly, you do it with very little success or effect. The project was badly managed. - American English: badly
- Arabic: عَلَى نَحْو سَيَّء
- Brazilian Portuguese: mal
- Chinese: 严重地
- Croatian: loše
- Czech: špatně
- Danish: dårligt
- Dutch: slecht
- European Spanish: mal
- Finnish: huonosti
- French: mal
- German: schlecht
- Greek: άσχημα
- Italian: male
- Japanese: 悪く
- Korean: 나쁘게
- Norwegian: dårlig
- Polish: źle
- European Portuguese: mal
- Romanian: greșit
- Russian: плохо
- Latin American Spanish: mal de mala manera
- Swedish: dåligt
- Thai: เลว
- Turkish: kötü bir şekilde
- Ukrainian: погано
- Vietnamese: một cách tồi tệ
Chinese translation of 'badly' adv - (= poorly) [work, play]
不令人满(滿)意地 (bù lìng rén mǎnyì de) - [dressed]
不得体(體)地 (bù détǐ de)
- (= seriously) [damaged, injured]
严(嚴)重地 (yánzhòng de) to think badly of sb/sth 认(認)为(為)某人/某事不好 (rènwéi mǒurén/mǒushì bù hǎo) to reflect badly on sb/sth 对(對)某人/某事有坏(壞)影响(響) (duì mǒurén/mǒushì yǒu huài yǐngxiǎng) to want/need sth badly 非常想要/需要某物 (fēicháng xiǎngyào/xūyào mǒuwù) to be badly off (= in a bad situation) 境况(況)不好 (jìngkuàng bù hǎo) (financially) 穷(窮)困 (qióngkùn)
All related terms of 'badly'Definition poorly I was angry because I played so badly. Synonyms poorly incorrectly carelessly inadequately erroneously imperfectly ineptly shoddily defectively faultily Opposites well , properly , satisfactorily , splendidly , ably , competently Definition severely It was a gamble that went badly wrong. Synonyms gravely desperately sorely painfully Definition very much Why do you want to go so badly? Why were they treated so badly? Synonyms savagely unkindly viciously mercilessly ferociously cold-bloodedly unmercifully sadistically pitilessly spitefully heartlessly barbarously brutishly Definition unfavourably All involved in the story came out badly. Synonyms unfavourably unsuccessfully Definition poorly You may have to work part-time, in a badly paid job with unsociable hours. Synonyms meanly insufficiently unsatisfactorily Children who behave badly need help, not criticism. Synonyms mischievously perversely wickedly playfully annoyingly impishly exasperatingly naughtily waywardly disobediently Additional synonymsIt was an acutely uncomfortable journey. Synonyms very, highly, greatly, severely, extremely, terribly, utterly, unusually, exceptionally, extraordinarily, intensely, markedly, awfully (informal), exceedingly, excessively, inordinately, uncommonlyThe prisoners had been treated brutally. Synonyms cruelly, fiercely, savagely, ruthlessly, viciously, mercilessly, ferociously, remorselessly, in cold blood, callously, murderously, pitilessly, heartlessly, inhumanly, barbarously, brutishly, barbarically, hardheartedly I cannot believe that someone who professed to love me could act so callously. Synonyms heartlessly, coldly, harshly, brutally, insensitively, obdurately, unfeelingly, soullessly, hardheartedly, indifferently |