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badly adverb [ ˈbadli ]

• in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way.
• "England have played badly this year"
Similar: poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently, awfully, terribly, dreadfully, abominably, atrociously, frightfully, miserably, wretchedly, lamentably, deplorably, dismally, execrably, abysmally, appallingly, crummily, diabolically, pitifully, woefully, egregiously, unsuccessfully, unfavourably, adversely, unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily,
Opposite: well,
• used to emphasize the seriousness of an unpleasant event or action.
• "the building was badly damaged by fire"
• in a guilty or regretful way.
• "I felt badly about my unfriendliness"

badly off

• at a disadvantage, especially by being poor.
"they are not as badly off as they try to make out"



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