Definition of Badly

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"
  
• unfavorably or with disapproval
  "tried not to speak ill of the dead"
  "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
  ill
• 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"
  disadvantageously
• without skill or in a displeasing manner
  "she writes badly"
  "I think he paints very badly"
  
• 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"
  bad
• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
  "the injury hurt badly"
  "the buildings were badly shaken"
  "it hurts bad"
  "we need water bad"
  bad
• 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"
  mischievously naughtily
• evilly or wickedly
  "treated his parents badly"
  "to steal is to act badly"
  
• (`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"
  ill poorly
• 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"
  severely gravely seriously

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Unscramble badly

30 unscramble word found using the letters badly.

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