badly (ˈbædlɪ
)
Definitions
adverb
Word forms: worse, worst
- poorly; defectively; inadequately ⇒
the chair is badly made
- unfavourably; unsuccessfully; unfortunately ⇒
our scheme worked out badly
- severely; gravely ⇒
he was badly hurt
- incorrectly or inaccurately ⇒
to speak German badly
- improperly; naughtily; wickedly ⇒
to behave badly
- without humanity; cruelly ⇒
to treat someone badly
- very much (esp in the phrases need badly, badly in need of, want badly)
- regretfully ⇒
he felt badly about it
- See badly off
adjective
- (postpositive) Northern England dialect ill; poorly
Synonyms
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poorly,
incorrectly,
carelessly,
inadequately,
erroneously,
imperfectly,
ineptly,
shoddily,
defectively,
faultily,
=
severely,
greatly,
deeply,
seriously,
gravely,
desperately,
sorely,
dangerously,
intensely,
painfully,
acutely,
exceedingly,
Translations
- British English:
badly
If you do something badly, you do it with very little success or effect.The project was badly managed.ˈbædlɪ ADVERB The project was badly managed.
- Spanish:
mal
adv
- French:
mal
adv
- German:
schlecht
adv
- Chinese: 严重地 adv
- Arabic: عَلَى نَحْو سَيَّء adv
- Portuguese: mal adv
- Russian: плохо adv
- Croatian: loše adv
- Czech: špatně adv
- Danish: dårligt adv
- Dutch: erg adv
- Finnish: huonosti adv
- Greek: άσχημα adv
- Italian: male adv
- Japanese: 悪く adv
- Korean: 나쁘게 adv
- Norwegian: dårlig adv
- Polish: źle adv
- Brazilian Portuguese: mal adv
- European Spanish:
mal
adv
- Swedish: dåligt adv
- Thai: เลว adv
- Turkish: kötü bir şekilde adv
- Vietnamese: một cách tồi tệ adv
Usage examples
His feet sliding until they stubbed the next step, his breathing wheezing up badly even after five steps.
, A DARKENING STAIN (2002)Soccer players who head the ball badly could be damaging their necks.
New Scientist (2004)Mr Vajpayee declared that India's standing internationally as a pluralist society had been badly affected by Gujarat's continuing violence.
Irish Times (2002)Enter medical student Matt (Peter Outerbridge), who badly wants to be Sandra's kind of guy.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She had stood by him even though he had attempted to kill her and had injured her quite badly in doing so.
, BEYOND FEAR (2002)