badly
bad lee
- r to a severe or serious degree
fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
badly injured - r (`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 - r evilly or wickedly
treated his parents badly
to steal is to act badly - r in a disobedient or naughty way
he behaved badly in school - r with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
the injury hurt badly
the buildings were badly shaken - r 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 - r without skill or in a displeasing manner
she writes badly
I think he paints very badly - r in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
the venture turned out badly for the investors - r unfavorably or with disapproval
thought badly of him for his lack of concern - r 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
- We've been borrowing, borrowing, borrowing living off and believing in the wealth effect, first in stocks, which ended badly, then in real estate, which has ended even worse.
- The Kursk may have been so badly damaged that it will break apart while being raised, releasing radioactive materials.
- He then had dozens of meetings with other lawmakers, emphasizing how badly the region needed the money but never publicly blasting Congress for moving too slowly.