| badly |
adverb |
| 1. | 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' 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" [syn: ill] [ant: good] |
| 3. | evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" |
| 4. | 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. | 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. | 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. | without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" [ant: well] |
| 8. | 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" [ant: advantageously] |
| 9. | unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" [syn: ill] [ant: well] |
| 10. | 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" [ant: well] |
not well, efficiently or satisfactorily
Example:
He plays tennis very badly.
| Arabic: | بِصورةٍ سَيّئـه |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 坏 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 糟糕地 |
| Czech: | špatně |
| Danish: | dårligt |
| Dutch: | slecht |
| Estonian: | halvasti |
| Finnish: | huonosti |
| French: | mal |
| German: | schlecht |
| Greek: | άσχημα, αναποτελεσματικά, μη ικανοποιητικά |
| Hungarian: | rosszul |
| Icelandic: | illa |
| Indonesian: | buruk, jelek |
| Italian: | male |
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| Japanese: | 下手に |
| Latvian: | slikti |
| Lithuanian: | blogai |
| Norwegian: | dårlig, slett |
| Polish: | źle |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | mal |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | mal |
| Romanian: | rău, prost |
| Russian: | плохо |
| Slovak: | zle |
| Slovenian: | slabo |
| Spanish: | mal |
| Swedish: | dåligt |
| Turkish: | kötü, fena |
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to a serious or severe extent
Example:
He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained.
| Arabic: | بِصورةٍ كبيرةٍ , * ماسَّةٍ |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 严重地 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 嚴重地 |
| Czech: | nutně, strašně |
| Danish: | alvorligt; stærkt |
| Dutch: | erg |
| Estonian: | üliväga |
| Finnish: | kovasti |
| French: | sérieusement |
| German: | dringend, sehr |
| Greek: | πολύ, σε μεγάλο βαθμό |
| Hungarian: | nagyon |
| Icelandic: | mjög, illilega |
| Indonesian: | sangat |
| Italian: | seriamente |
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| Japanese: | ひどく |
| Latvian: | stipri; ļoti |
| Lithuanian: | labai, smarkiai |
| Norwegian: | sårt, *hardt tiltrengt |
| Polish: | poważnie |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | muito |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | muito |
| Romanian: | serios, tare |
| Russian: | крайне, очень сильно |
| Slovak: | nutne; vážne, naliehavo |
| Slovenian: | resno, pošteno |
| Spanish: | seriamente, desesperadamente; muy |
| Swedish: | illa, svårt, i hög grad |
| Turkish: | fena halde, çok, çok fazla, adamakıllı |
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Bad"ly\, adv. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.
Note: Badly is often used colloquially for very much or very greatly, with words signifying to want or need.
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