badly

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”

(`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”

evilly or wickedly

• “treated his parents badly”
• “to steal is to act badly”

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”

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”

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”

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”
• “angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them”

unfavorably or with disapproval

• “tried not to speak ill of the dead”
• “thought badly of him for his lack of concern”

with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display

• “they took their defeat badly”
• “took her father”
• “;”