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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "badly"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āϤāϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that involves significant harm, damage, or danger
badly definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was badly shaken after receiving the news.
02

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ

to a strong or extreme degree, often of sensation or force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The storm badly rocked the ship.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.1

āϖ⧁āĻŦ, āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

to a large or urgent extent, often expressing need, desire, or deficiency
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He badly wanted to impress her.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āχāĻŽāĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that shows deep sorrow, disappointment, or emotional disturbance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He handled the criticism badly.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϞāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that leads to harm, failure, or loss for someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He invested unwisely and lost badly.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāĻŦāĻļāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
3.1

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώāϜāύāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that is not satisfactory, acceptable, or successful
badly definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car runs badly in cold weather.
āĻ āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āφāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇āĨ¤
3.2

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in an unskilled or aesthetically poor way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He paints badly, but he enjoys it.
āϏ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāρāϕ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āĻāϟāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ…āύ⧁āϚāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that defies rules or proper behavior
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He acted badly in school again today.
āφāϜ āϏ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
4.1

āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇

in a morally wrong or harmful manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To lie is to act badly.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a way that shows negative opinion or judgment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They spoke badly of the mayor.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻ…āύ⧁āϤāĻĒā§āϤ, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ

feeling guilty, regretful, or remorseful about something done, said, or experienced
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I felt badly for forgetting his birthday and not calling.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢā§‹āύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

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