badly
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition to a severe or serious degree
- definition (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
- definition evilly or wickedly
- definition in a disobedient or naughty way
- definition with great intensity (‘bad’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘badly’)
- definition very much; strongly
- definition without skill or in a displeasing manner
- definition in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
- definition unfavorably or with disapproval
- definition with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display