Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb In a bad manner.
  • adverb Very much; greatly.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a bad manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Northern England ill, unwell
  • adverb In a bad manner.
  • adverb Very much; to a great degree.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb very much; strongly
  • adverb (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
  • adverb in a disobedient or naughty way
  • adverb evilly or wickedly
  • adverb unfavorably or with disapproval
  • adverb to a severe or serious degree
  • adverb with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
  • adverb without skill or in a displeasing manner
  • adverb in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
  • adverb with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display

Etymologies

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From bad +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • She repeated her criticism of Myanmar's handling of the cyclone aftermath and its stated reform plans, which she called badly out of step.

    CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2008 2008

  • Swazi nation is on the verge of political collapse because of what he described as a badly designed system of government.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • But that CRU mishandled their public relations so badly is quite revealing as to the preparation of the entrance of the institutions into brave new webbed world.

    Who is pulling the strings? | Serendipity 2010

  • Buyers have higher hopes for Russia's next crop than they did a month ago, when the Black Sea region was hurting badly from the drought.

    Grain Prices Fall From Their Heights Ian Berry 2010

  • And that another New Orleanian, the actor Wendell Pierce, has established a nonprofit with plans to build hundreds of environmentally friendly homes in badly flooded Pontchartrain Park, where he grew up.

    Houses of the Future 2009

  • The Americans again badly missed their Europe-based starters, who also weren't used in the 3-1 loss to Honduras on Jan. 23.

    USA labors past El Salvador with MLS-based squad 2010

  • I suppose the analogy is that nothing but weeds will grow in badly prepared soil.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » The wild wood and the holy city: settings for fantasy 2009

  • He was tortured badly, is suffering from Hepatitis B, and is being denied medical attention.

    Heidiminx: Can ABC World News get Answers? Heidiminx 2010

  • You see, I have several daughters; I hate the idea that any of the young women in my life might participate in this sort of monkey business with someone like your husband, who seems to think that behaving badly is all right as long as everyone else does it.

    Ask Amy washingtonpost.com 2010

  • He was tortured badly, is suffering from Hepatitis B, and is being denied medical attention.

    Heidiminx: Can ABC World News get Answers? Heidiminx 2010

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