Definição de 'badly'

Frequência da palavra

badly

(bædli )

Formas da palavra:comparative worse , superlative worst

1. advérbio [ADVERB with verb]

If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.

I was angry because I played so badly.

The whole project was badly managed.

The coalition did worse than expected, getting just 11.6 per cent of the vote.

Sinônimos:poorly, incorrectly, carelessly, inadequately Mais sinônimos de badly

2. advérbio [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]

If someone or something is badly hurt or badly affected, they are severely hurt or affected.

The bomb destroyed a police station and badly damaged a church.

One man was killed and another badly injured.

It was a gamble that went badly wrong.

Sinônimos:severely, greatly, deeply, seriously Mais sinônimos de badly

3. advérbio [ADVERB with verb]

If you want or need something badly, you want or need it very much.

Why do you want to go so badly?

Planes landed at Bagram airport today carrying badly needed food and medicine.

Sinônimos:much, seriously, desperately Mais sinônimos de badly

4. advérbio [ADVERB with verb]

If someone behaves badly or treats other people badly, they act in an unkind, unpleasant, or unacceptable way.

They have both behaved very badly and I am very hurt.

I would like to know why we pensioners are being so badly treated.

5. advérbio [ADVERB after verb]

If something reflects badly on someone or makes others think badly of them, it harms their reputation.

Teachers know that low exam results will reflect badly on them.

The male sex comes out of the film very badly.

Despite his illegal act, few people think badly of him.

6. advérbio [usually ADVERB -ed, oft ADVERB after verb]

If a person or their job is badly paid, they are not paid very much for what they do.

You may have to work part-time, in a badly paid job with unsociable hours.

This is the most dangerous professional sport there is, and the worst paid.

Sinônimos:poorly, meanly, inadequately, insufficiently Mais sinônimos de badly

7. See also worse, worst

Mais sinônimos de badly

Video: pronunciation of 'badly'

Frequência da palavra

badly in American

(ˈbædli ; badˈlē)

advérbioFormas da palavra:worse or worst

in a bad manner; harmfully, unpleasantly, incorrectly, wickedly, etc.

2. Informal

very much; greatly

to want something badly

▶ USAGE: Also used informally as an adjective meaning “sorry,” although bad is preferred in formal use [she feels bad (or badly) about the loss]

Frequência da palavra

badly in British

(ˈbædlɪ )

advérbioFormas da palavra:worse or 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

9. badly off

adjectivo

10. (postpositive) Northern England dialect

ill; poorly

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