badly
Use Badly in a sentence
li adverb
1.
in a defective, incorrect, or undesirable way: The car runs badly.
2.
in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unskilled manner: a vague, badly written letter; He paints badly.
3.
unfavorably: His neighbors spoke badly of him. The weather turned out badly for the cruise.
4.
in a wicked, evil, or morally or legally wrong way.
5.
in a disobedient, naughty, or ethically or socially wrong way: He treats his parents badly.
adjective
9.
in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
10.
sorry; regretful: I feel badly about your reaction to my remark.
11.
dejected; downcast.
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Badly
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| —adv , worse, worst | |
| 1. | poorly; defectively; inadequately: the chair is badly made |
| 2. | unfavourably; unsuccessfully; unfortunately: our scheme worked out badly |
| 3. | severely; gravely: he was badly hurt |
| 4. | incorrectly or inaccurately: to speak German badly |
| 5. | improperly; naughtily; wickedly: to behave badly |
| 6. | without humanity; cruelly: to treat someone badly |
| 7. | very much (esp in the phrases need badly, badly in need of, want badly) |
| 8. | regretfully: he felt badly about it |
| 9. | badly off poor; impoverished |
| —adj | |
| 10. | dialect (Northern English) (postpositive) ill; poorly |
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Example sentences
They were the pride of their units and it was acknowledged that they provided the morale boosting so badly needed.
He was shot in the back with an arrow and was also badly cut on one hand.
Senescence helps contain cells so badly damaged that they could turn into cancers.
He stared down at the gray, badly cracked flags of the kitchen floor, waiting for a response.
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