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(adverb) with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake" |
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Antonyms: well |
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(adverb) in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them" |
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Synonyms: disadvantageously |
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Antonyms: well |
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(adverb) without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" |
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Antonyms: well |
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(adverb) to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" |
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Synonyms: gravely, seriously, severely |
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(adverb) very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it" |
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Synonyms: bad |
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(adverb) with great intensity; "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly' as in "it hurts bad" or "we need water bad") |
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Synonyms: bad |
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(adverb) in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room" |
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Synonyms: mischievously, naughtily |
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(adverb) evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" |
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(adverb) (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived plan" |
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Synonyms: ill, poorly |
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(adverb) unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" |
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Synonyms: ill |
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