See Also: badly(dictionary)
badly off(dictionary)
badly(dictionary)

badly (iou)



badly adverb & adjective. ['badli] ME.
[from BAD adjective + -LY2.]
A. adverb. Compar. WORSE adverb, superl. WORST adverb.
In a bad manner; inadequately; incorrectly; immorally, wickedly; severely. ME.
badly off in poor circumstances, lacking money. have got it badly: see GET verb.
Shakespeare King John How goes the day with us?..Badly, I fear. Southey One of the Indian chiefs was badly wounded. Dickens A mean and badly-furnished apartment. J. Ruskin So great a painter..would never paint badly enough to deceive. G. B. Shaw Think of the temptation to behave badly when he had us all there helpless.
With want, need, etc.: greatly, very much. L19.
E. O'Neill His blond hair, badly in need of a cut.
b. adjective. Sick, unwell; regretful. dial. L18.
D. H. Lawrence 'I want my mother.'..'Ay, but she's badly'. A. Haley Kunta felt badly for having wished sometimes that he might strike the man.