1 : in a bad manner
//played badly
2 : to a great or intense degree
//want something badly
badly off for British
: strongly in need of (something or someone)
It may seem pie in the sky in the current financial climate, but few could argue that for a city of its size and prestige, Edinburgh is badly off for large-scale sports facilities. — The Evening News (Edinburgh)
: fairly or acceptably well
The economy is doing not badly and looks even better than it really is.— Tom Teepen
: to have an unfavorable or low opinion of (someone or something)
"You shouldn't think badly of the town because of this," said Brogan. "It is a good town."— Neil Gaiman
Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty
Synonyms: Synonyms
Synonyms: Antonyms
- acceptably,
- adequately,
- all right,
- fine,
- good,
- nicely,
- OK
- (or okay),
- palatably,
- passably,
- satisfactorily,
- so-so,
- tolerably,
- well
Recent Examples on the Web
//Ronan, 7, the couple's youngest son, was helping a teacher and badly injured his eye accidentally.
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Alice Mannette, chicagotribune.com, "A Kansas farm is giving second chances to abused animals," 1 Nov. 2019
//Cristobal, playing at home with his team trying to make a Pac-12 title game run, badly needed this one.
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John Canzano | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "Canzano: Oregon Ducks get an uplifting win and get Mike Leach off their back," 27 Oct. 2019
//The boy, who lives in Long Island, was waiting for a pizza delivery on his grandparents' porch in Kew Gardens when he was badly injured in the attack that happened about 4:15 p.m., NBC New York reported.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, "7-year-old badly injured after stranger slams him to ground in unprovoked N.Y. attack," 11 Oct. 2019
//But there was a less visible reason for the alliance: As the debacle of healthcare.gov graphically illustrated, Obama badly needed a geek squad.
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Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, "Jeff Bezos’s Master Plan," 10 Oct. 2019
//Also in July, Mogadishu's mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman was badly injured when a suicide bomber walked into his office and detonated explosives.
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Fox News, "US reopens embassy in Somalia after 28 years," 4 Oct. 2019
//In the Rams’ previous meeting with the Seahawks, Kupp badly injured his knee in the fourth quarter, sidelining him for the rest of the season in Los Angeles’ Super Bowl run.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Rams try to rebound by continuing success in Seattle," 2 Oct. 2019
//Shortly afterward, Stewart lambasted the lawmakers in a fiery and tearful speech for the delay in approving the funding so badly needed by the sick and dying first responders.
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Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, "Jon Stewart Pleads With All in Lower Manhattan After 9/11 Attacks to Get Screened," 19 Sep. 2019
//Baseball was stirred into taking extensive action when a toddler was badly injured at Yankee Stadium late in the 2017 season.
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New York Times, "Senators Call on M.L.B. for More Transparency on Foul Ball Injuries," 6 Aug. 2019
First Known Use of badly
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries near badly
Phrases Related to badly
More Synonyms and Antonyms ofbadly
1
in an unsatisfactory way
- I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal
- abysmally,
- atrociously,
- awfully,
- damnably,
- deplorably,
- detestably,
- disastrously,
- dreadfully,
- execrably,
- horrendously,
- horribly,
- horrifically,
- rottenly,
- terribly
- inferiorly,
- insufficiently,
- meagerly,
- meanly,
- niggardly,
- scantily,
- scantly,
- shabbily,
- skimpily,
- sparely,
- stingily
- appropriately,
- congruously,
- correctly,
- decently,
- decorously,
- felicitously,
- fittingly,
- meetly,
- rightly,
- seemly,
- suitably
- acceptably,
- adequately,
- all right,
- fine,
- good,
- nicely,
- OK
- (or okay),
- palatably,
- passably,
- satisfactorily,
- so-so,
- tolerably,
- well
2
to a great degree
- blood donors are badly needed this time of year
- achingly,
- almighty,
- archly,
- awful,
- awfully,
- beastly,
- blisteringly,
- bone,
- colossally,
- corking,
- cracking,
- damn,
- damned,
- dang,
- deadly,
- desperately,
- eminently,
- enormously,
- especially,
- ever,
- exceedingly
- (also exceeding),
- extra,
- extremely,
- fabulously,
- fantastically,
- far,
- fiercely,
- filthy,
- frightfully,
- full,
- greatly,
- heavily,
- highly,
- hugely,
- immensely,
- incredibly,
- intensely,
- jolly,
- majorly,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- monstrous
-
[chiefly dialect],
- mortally,
- most,
- much,
- particularly,
- passing,
- rattling,
- real,
- really,
- right,
- roaring,
- roaringly,
- seriously,
- severely,
- so,
- sore,
- sorely,
- spanking,
- specially,
- stinking,
- such,
- super,
- supremely,
- surpassingly,
- terribly,
- that,
- thumping,
- too,
- unco,
- uncommonly,
- vastly,
- very,
- vitally,
- way,
- whacking,
- wicked,
- wildly
- absolutely,
- altogether,
- completely,
- downright,
- entirely,
- flat-out,
- fully,
- positively,
- purely,
- radically,
- thoroughly,
- totally,
- utterly,
- wholly
More Definitions forbadly
: very much : to a great degree
worse\ ˈwərs \; worst\ ˈwərst \
1 : in a bad manner
He behaved badly.
2 : very much
//I badly wanted to win.