DICTOMETER

BADLY

(badly, mal, dårlig, ille)

1. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   • Severely
   • Gravely
   • Seriously
   Definitions:
   • to a severe or serious degree
   Examples:
   • Fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
   • Badly injured
   • A severely impaired heart
   • Is gravely ill
   • Was seriously ill
   Antonyms:
   well
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Ill
   • Badly
   • Poorly
   Definitions:
   • (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
   • not well
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   well, advantageously
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   Definitions:
   • evilly or wickedly
   Examples:
   • Treated his parents badly
   • To steal is to act badly
   Antonyms:
   well
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   • Mischievously
   • Naughtily
   Definitions:
   • in a disobedient or naughty way
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   • Bad
   Definitions:
   • with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
   Examples:
   • The injury hurt badly
   • The buildings were badly shaken
   • It hurts bad
   • We need water bad
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   • Bad
   Definitions:
   • very much
   • strongly
   Examples:
   • 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. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   Definitions:
   • without skill or in a displeasing manner
   Examples:
   • She writes badly
   • I think he paints very badly
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Badly
   • Disadvantageously
   Definitions:
   • in a disadvantageous way
   • to someone's disadvantage
   Examples:
   • The venture turned out badly for the investors
   • Angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Ill
   • Badly
   Definitions:
   • unfavorably or with disapproval
   Examples:
   • Tried not to speak ill of the dead
   • Thought badly of him for his lack of concern
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Badly
    Definitions:
    • with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
    Examples:
    • They took their defeat badly
    • Took her father's death badly
    • Conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake