badly

[US]/ˈbædli/
[UK]/ˈbædli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a negative or harmful manner, to a great extent in a poor or inferior way

Phrases & Collocations

perform badly

feeling badly

badly damaged

communicate badly

need badly

fail badly

badly off

hurt badly

Example Sentences

The passage is badly phrased.

be badly shaken by the news

badly beaten in the race

try not to think badly of me.

Brian's body was badly mutilated.

* The government's intervention was badly mistimed.

The pears are badly specked.

was badly shaken up by the accident.

Don't speak badly of others.

They were shaken badly by the news.

She was very badly situated.

the car was badly damaged in the accident.

a steep, badly eroded descent.

a gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps.

he is badly miscast in the romantic lead.

She was badly injured in an accident.

I am quite badly off recently.

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