badly

/ˈbædli/ adverb (worse, worst)

Definition

SERIOUSLY › very seriously: badly damaged/injured

UNPLEASANT › in a way that is of low quality or in an unpleasant way: to behave badly Some of the animals were very badly treated. They played badly in the first half.

(Definition of badly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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