badly

badly[ 'bædli ]

• adv.
  • to a severe or serious degree

    "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"

    同义词：severelygravelyseriously

  • (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

    "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"

    同义词：illpoorly

  • evilly or wickedly

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

  • in a disobedient or naughty way

    "he behaved badly in school"

    同义词：mischievouslynaughtily

  • with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

    "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"

    同义词：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"

    同义词：bad

  • without skill or in a displeasing manner

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

  • in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage

    "the venture turned out badly for the investors"

    同义词：disadvantageously

  • unfavorably or with disapproval

    "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

    同义词：ill

  • 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"