badly
In a bad manner.
Example
“Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.”
Other meanings
very much; to a great degree.
“I want it so badly.”
Synonyms
- severely
- seriously
Related words
- badly off
- badly packed kebab
- badly-off
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "badly".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “badly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.