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Badly
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Badly
/ˈbædli/
To do something in a poor or incorrect way
Synonyms:
poorly
ineffectively
inadequately
unsatisfactorily
Antonyms:
well
adequately
successfully
Examples:
I slept
badly
that night.
'Ralph behaved very
badly
to you.'
Passepartout didn't want Mr. Fogg to think
badly
of them.
Etymology:
From Middle English
badly,
from
bad
+
-ly,
first recorded in the 14th century.
Usage Statistics:
23 mentions per 1 million words
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