badly

Adverb

• 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
    

• unfavorably or with disapproval
  • tried not to speak ill of the dead
    
  • thought badly of him for his lack of concern
    

• 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
    

• without skill or in a displeasing manner
  • she writes badly
    
  • I think he paints very badly
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• evilly or wickedly
  • treated his parents badly
    
  • to steal is to act badly
    

• (`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
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ill , disadvantageously , bad , mischievously , naughtily , poorly , severely , gravely , seriously
• Antonyms: 
  well , advantageously , good