Definitions for badly

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badly bad·ly

Spelling: [bad-lee]

IPA: /ˈbæd li/

Badly is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 58 anagrams from letters in badly (abdly).

Definitions for badly

Idioms

1. badly off. bad1 (def 41).

adverb

1. in a defective, incorrect, or undesirable way:
2. in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unskilled manner:
3. unfavorably:
4. in a wicked, evil, or morally or legally wrong way.
5. in a disobedient, naughty, or ethically or socially wrong way:
6. very much; to a great extent or degree:
7. severely; direly:
8. with great distress, resentment, regret, or emotional display:

adjective

1. in ill health; sick:
2. sorry; regretful:
3. dejected; downcast.

Origin of badly

First recorded in 1350-1400, badly is from the Middle English word baddeli. See bad¹, -ly

Examples for badly

"Seems to take it badly," remarked Banstead, looking at his disappearing figure.

The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.

We hear them read far too often and far too badly, and all repetition is anti-spiritual.

He rather pitied the vine—it seemed to have been badly used by fate, just as he had been.

Kurnosova badly wants the change to take place democratically.

The scene, in so far as the Prince is concerned, is badly conducted.

On her first entrance, Hitchcock says, “She looks old, they've shot her badly.”

He then saw two badly wounded uniformed officers in the front of a radio car.

The Grey Lady said that a series of badly mishandled global crises has “fueled speculation that Mr. Obama may shake up his team.”

If he was badly off, so, too, were many other boys and girls in that Mediterranean island.