badlyadverb
uk/ˈbæd.li/us/ˈbæd.li/worse, worstbadly adverb (UNPLEASANTLY)
A2 in a severe and harmful way:
She was badly affected by the events in her childhood.
Fortunately, none of the passengers was badly hurt/injured in the crash.
I thought he was treated very badly.
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- The way he was shouting, you'd have thought he was badly hurt.
- Both buildings were badly damaged by the fire.
- The bush looked badly diseased, with black marks on all the leaves.
- I think he feels a lot of anger towards his father who treated him very badly as a child.
- It's hard to believe that he could treat his own family so badly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abysmal
- apocalyptic
- appalling
- awfully
- belief
- ghastly
- grim
- grisly
- grotesque
- gruesome
- hate
- noxious
- repulsive
- revolting
- rotten
- shitty
- shocking
- stinking
- wretched
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badly adverb (IN A BAD WAY)
A2 in a way that is not acceptable or of good quality:
The event was really badly organized.
I thought he behaved very badly.
Their children are extremely badly behaved.
More examples
- He's always badly dressed.
- The pot had been badly glazed.
- The talk she gave was incoherent and badly prepared.
- The team has performed very badly this season.
- The whole report is badly written.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse for sth idiom
- apology
- atrocious
- awful
- awfully
- be an apology for sth idiom
- clunky
- come/be a poor second, third, etc. idiom
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- motley
- mouldy
- not set the world on fire idiom
- tacky
- unappetizing
- unattractive
- unimpressed
- weak sauce
- worst
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badly adverb (VERY MUCH)
A2 very much:
He needs the money really badly.
They are badly in need of help.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- deadly
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- perfect
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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