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单词 badly
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badlyadverb

uk/ˈbæd.li/us/ˈbæd.li/worse, worst

badly 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.

More examples

  • 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.

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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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