What does Badly mean?

Definitions for Badly
ˈbæd libad·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Badly.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. badly, severely, gravely, seriouslyadverb

    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"

  2. ill, badly, poorlyadverb

    (`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"

  3. badlyadverb

    evilly or wickedly

    "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"

  4. badly, mischievously, naughtilyadverb

    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"

  5. badly, badadverb

    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"

  6. badly, badadverb

    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"

  7. badlyadverb

    without skill or in a displeasing manner

    "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"

  8. badly, disadvantageouslyadverb

    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"

  9. ill, badlyadverb

    unfavorably or with disapproval

    "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

  10. badlyadverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. badlyadverb

    In a bad manner.

  2. badlyadverb

    Very much; to a great degree.

    I want it so badly.

  3. badlyadjective

    ill, unwell

    He's never badly. (He's never ill.)

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Badlyadverb

    In a bad manner; not well.

    Etymology: from bad.

    How goes the day with us? Oh tell me, Hubert. ——
    Badly, I fear. How fares your majesty? William Shakespeare, King John.

ChatGPT

  1. badly

    Badly is an adverb used to describe something done in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or incorrect way. It can also imply something that is significantly wrong or harmful. Additionally, it is used to express the intensity of an unfavorable state or feeling, such as in the phrase 'feeling badly'.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Badlyadverb

    in a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Badly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2412

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Badly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2381

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Badly' in Adverbs Frequency: #192

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Anagrams for Badly »

  1. baldy

  2. blady

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Badly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Badly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Badly in a Sentence

  1. Arthur Reingold:

    I have worked in a local county health department. I have worked in a state health department. I have worked at CDC, many of the people at the CDC, however smart they are, have never worked in a state or local health department. They've grown up, if you will, with the best academic training, [and] they've ended up at the CDC. They have expectations about state [and] local health department partners, but they have no experience working in those agencies and understanding the challenges and complexities that are there, and I think that perspective is badly needed.

  2. Margaret Cho:

    Maybe I wanted to hear it so badly that my ears betrayed my mind in order to secure my heart.

  3. Barry Bennett:

    Unfortunately, they went out and they made some serious, serious mistakes in trying to prove they should get credit and it turned out really badly.

  4. Deepesh Rathore:

    While we are all concerned about badly maintained vehicles causing pollution, the solution to that is to make annual vehicle health checks mandatory, if today the NGT can do this thing without any warning, any planning or any heads-up then in five years the same can be done for petrol vehicles as well.

  5. Donald Trump:

    Will some people be affected badly ? Yes, but we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon.

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