badly
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈbædli/
- This episode was badly written!
- badly managed
- fare badly
- lead badly
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Watch on YouTubeNow, if we've done our job badly, you're going to die.
- Now, if we've done our job badly, you're going to die.
- You, a lot of people have done this job badly, right?
- So yeah, it was it was pretty badly organized.
- It went badly from the Russian point of view.
- But it also feels like if the whole thing goes badly, it's my fault, sort of.
Examples
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Do you still dance as badly as ever?
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Yeah, I don't think we did too badly, considering the oenologue's report.
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All I knew at this point was I badly needed a break.
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If something goes wrong, turns out badly, it's usually not my fault.
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When they start going badly, they start going badly fast.
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The result is I play them both badly.
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I have just been sleeping really badly the last few nights.
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I must have expressed myself badly.
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Why do these intellectual elites do so badly in their studies?
Academic text (2012) -
This project turned out badly due to lack of proper planning.
Synonyms
243
1.4
In a bad or unsuccessful way
119
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
52
1.0
In a very bad way
20
4.1
In a bad way that causes problems
17
4.4
Shows that something is very bad, unpleasant, or extreme
7
4.4
In a way that is not good enough
4
5.6
In a weak way that does not seem believable
4
7.0
In a very bad way that shows poor quality or failure
1
5.5
In a clumsy way that shows little skill
1
3.0
To happen in a very bad or unpleasant way
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Etymology
Badly is formed from bad ('not good') plus -ly ('in a ... way'), so it simply means 'in a not good way'. That's why to do something badly is to do it poorly or without skill.