badly
456
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈbædli/
:
gravemente
- There should be something that you want so badly that it's worth going after.
- badly needed
- badly damaged
- very badly
Such as how badly do they want to win?
- Such as how badly do they want to win?
- The first thing that I needed badly was the mindset shift.
- There should be something that you want so badly that it's worth going after.
- I took a public only because that's how badly I want to learn the stock market.
- I wish that we got to go to Newcastle so badly.
- Is that why Jim Mccarrigan wants it so badly?
- Donald Trump said if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly.
- Or in Carmen's case, I want to simplify so badly.
- I just want, I want a thunderstorm so badly.
- And I really, truly believe that this guy wants to know if it's true so badly.
- Like I just, I just, I really, I really want a macaroon right now so badly.
Examples
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I think a great story needs at least one great character who wants something so badly that they're willing to risk everything for it.
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Like I want you to win so badly at this.
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I wanted it badly, so I developed a move.
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I badly want a story to tell.
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I need help so badly.
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Remember, you should never want something so badly that you do something you don't believe in to get it.
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To its own detriment, Cuba has largely neglected an important source of badly needed capital.
Academic text (2012) -
We said he was ripping out the foundations of the House, leaving our economy not safe but badly, deeply exposed to the growing global storm.
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I want so badly to rub the sponge of gratitude over everything, including you, which is awkward.
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He wants to win the championship so badly that he trains every day.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
6.5
To a very large degree
922
1.0
To a very high degree, often about skill or rank
638
1.0
In a very forceful or certain way
350
1.0
By a very large amount
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
272
4.1
In a very bad or serious way
230
1.4
To a very great degree, often before words like cold or sad
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
3.1
To a very large degree
129
4.9
To a large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
110
4.2
Very strongly in a way that changes people's feelings or thoughts
88
3.1
In a very strong or focused way
80
4.3
In a way that causes a very large and sudden change
70
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
34
4.6
In a very serious way that shows something is important
18
7.9
Very much or to a great degree
7
7.5
To a much greater degree than is normal
1
9.9
To mean very much in old or playful English
1
7.5
In a very serious and urgent way
Antonyms
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Badly comes from the old English word bad meaning 'not good' and once also 'severe', plus the adverb ending -ly meaning 'in a ... way'. So when you hear 'badly injured' or 'wanted it badly', think 'seriously' or 'very strongly', which is why it means 'to a great or severe degree'.