badly.
In a bad manner.
Meaning & usage
In a bad manner.
Things are going badly for her: she did badly in her exams owing to a badly designed studying schedule.
Don't think badly of me: give me the benefit of the doubt.
Very much; to a great degree.
I want it so badly.
Look at these split ends! You badly need a haircut!
Where this word comes from
From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.
Ill, unwell.
He's never badly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly.
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