badly
pronunciation
How to pronounce badly in British English:
UK [ˈbædli]
How to pronounce badly in American English:
US [ˈbædli]
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- Adverb:
- to a severe or serious degree
- (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- evilly or wickedly
- in a disobedient or naughty way
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- very much; strongly
- without skill or in a displeasing manner
- in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- unfavorably or with disapproval
- with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
Word Origin
- badly (adv.)
- c. 1300, "unluckily;" late 14c., "wickedly, evilly; poorly, inadequately," from bad + -ly (2).
Antonym
Example
- 1. The world may badly want reliable forecasts of future climate .
- 2. We learn little or nothing because the experiments are badly designed .
- 3. It was another sign of how badly americans are hurting their middle class .
- 4. You can no more deliberately play badly than you can deliberately play well .
- 5. Even those businesses that feel they have a sophisticated grasp of the reputational risks they are running can get badly caught out .