badly

adverbs

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"

badly, gravely, seriously, severely

(`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"

badly, ill, poorly

evilly or wickedly

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

badly

is derived from

bad

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"

badly, mischievously, naughtily

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"

bad, badly

is derived from

bad

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"

bad, badly

without skill or in a displeasing manner

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

badly

antonym

well

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"

badly, disadvantageously

antonym

well

unfavorably or with disapproval