"badly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbæd.li/ Audio: en-us-badly.ogg Forms: more badly [comparative], most badly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædli Etymology: From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|badly}} Middle English badly, {{af|en|bad|-ly|id2=adverbial}} bad + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} badly (comparative more badly, superlative most badly)
  1. (Northern England) Ill, unwell. Tags: Northern-England Translations (ill, unwell): зле (zle) (Bulgarian), sairas (Finnish), schlecht (German), άρρωστος (árrostos) (Greek), malada (Ido), dårlig (Norwegian Bokmål), нехорошо́ (nexorošó) (Russian), ду́рно (dúrno) (Russian), пло́хо (plóxo) (Russian), mal (Spanish), dålig (Swedish), kötü (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-badly-en-adj-ueLzWDCr Categories (other): Northern England English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cimbrian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Ladin translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mbyá Guaraní translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Romansch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sardinian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 16 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 63 21 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 91 9 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 4 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 74 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Cimbrian translations: 88 12 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 90 8 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 12 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 87 12 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 89 10 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladin translations: 88 12 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mbyá Guaraní translations: 89 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 80 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 75 19 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 21 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 73 22 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Romansch translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 88 11 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Sardinian translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 82 13 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 82 13 5

Adverb

IPA: /ˈbæd.li/ Audio: en-us-badly.ogg Forms: worse [comparative], worst [superlative]
Rhymes: -ædli Etymology: From Middle English badly, baddely, baddeliche, equivalent to bad + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|badly}} Middle English badly, {{af|en|bad|-ly|id2=adverbial}} bad + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|worse|sup=worst}} badly (comparative worse, superlative worst)
  1. In a bad manner. Synonyms: poorly Translations (in a bad manner): κακῶς (kakôs) (Ancient Greek), gaizki (Basque), зле (zle) (Bulgarian), malament (Catalan), mal (Catalan), brüubel (Cimbrian), špatně (Czech), dårligt (Danish), slecht (Dutch), malbone (Esperanto), huonosti (Finnish), pahasti (Finnish), mal (French), mauvaisement (english: old) [masculine] (French), mâl (Friulian), mal (Galician), schlecht (German), κακώς (kakós) (Greek), κακά (kaká) (Greek), άσχημα (áschima) (Greek), rosszul (Hungarian), male (Ido), male (Italian), 悪く (waruku) (Japanese), 나쁘게 (nappeuge) (Korean), 서투르게 (seotureuge) (Korean), melamënter (Ladin), male (Latin), aliter (Latin), slikti (Latvian), vaikue (Mbyá Guaraní), nai (Ngazidja Comorian), dårlig (Norwegian Bokmål), mal (Occitan), mau (Occitan), yfele (Old English), źle (Polish), mal (Portuguese), rău (Romanian), malamain (Romansch), пло́хо (plóxo) (Russian), нехорошо́ (nexorošó) (Russian), male (Sardinian), slabó (Slovene), malamente (Spanish), mal (Spanish), dåligt (Swedish), acil (Turkish), fena (Turkish), (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-badly-en-adv-0jg8FLnW Disambiguation of 'in a bad manner': 99 1
  2. Very much; to a great degree.
    Sense id: en-badly-en-adv-hcRBM0ut
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: badly off, badly-off, badly packed kebab

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Look at these split ends! You badly need a haircut!",
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          "text": "Everything went badly wrong.",
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          "text": "In late 1970, Labour assumed the shadow posts, having lost badly (and unforeseenly) in the summer General Election.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbæd.li/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-badly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/En-us-badly.ogg/En-us-badly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/En-us-badly.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ædli"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zle",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "зле"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "sairas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "schlecht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "árrostos",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "άρρωστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "malada"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "dårlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nexorošó",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "нехорошо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dúrno",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "ду́рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plóxo",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "пло́хо"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "dålig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ill, unwell",
      "word": "kötü"
    }
  ],
  "word": "badly"
}

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