Adverb

• S: (adv) badly, severely, gravely, seriously (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"
• S: (adv) ill, badly, poorly ((`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"
• S: (adv) badly (evilly or wickedly) "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"
• S: (adv) badly, mischievously, naughtily (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"
• S: (adv) badly, bad (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"
• S: (adv) badly, 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"
• S: (adv) badly (without skill or in a displeasing manner) "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"
• S: (adv) badly, disadvantageously (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"
• S: (adv) ill, badly (unfavorably or with disapproval) "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
• S: (adv) badly (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"