badly
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Britannica Dictionary definition of BADLY
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in a bad manner
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We played badly.
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The car ran badly.
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He played badly but I played even worse.
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The failure reflects badly on the administration.
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The child behaved badly.
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a badly planned project
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a
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very much
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to a great degree
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She wanted the job badly.
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I'm badly in need of a vacation.
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We miss you badly.
b
:
severely or seriously
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Was she hurt badly?
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His fingers were badly frozen.
badly off
1
:
having little money
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We were so badly off [=poor, broke] we couldn't afford a bus ticket.
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Thanks to the money my uncle left me, I'm not badly off. [=I'm pretty well off]
2
:
in bad condition
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I felt unwell, but I wasn't so badly off that I had to stay home from work.
badly off for
British
:
having a strong need for (something or someone)
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The team was badly off for young players.
not badly
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fairly or quite well
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“How are you doing?” “Not too/so badly, thanks. And you?”
think badly of
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to have a bad or low opinion of (someone)
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Will you think badly of me if I take the last cookie?
