badly
badly is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
- adverb. (`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"
- adverb. with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
"they took their defeat badly"
"took her father's death badly"
- adverb. unfavorably or with disapproval
"tried not to speak ill of the dead"
"thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
- adverb. 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"
- adverb. without skill or in a displeasing manner
"she writes badly"
"I think he paints very badly"
- adverb. to a severe or serious degree
"fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"
"badly injured"
- adverb. very much; strongly
"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"
"the cables had sagged badly"
- adverb. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
"the injury hurt badly"
"the buildings were badly shaken"
- adverb. in a disobedient or naughty way
"he behaved badly in school"
"he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"
- adverb. evilly or wickedly
"treated his parents badly"
"to steal is to act badly"
Synonyms
ill, poorly, gravely, seriously, severely, bad, mischievously, naughtily
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