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Badly

/ˈbædli/
In a negative, poor, or unpleasant manner; not performing well.

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Examples:

I slept badly that night.

'Ralph behaved very badly to you.'

Passepartout didn't want Mr. Fogg to think badly of them.

Etymology:

etymology
The word badly originated in the early 14th century from Middle English, formed by combining bad with the adverbial suffix -ly.

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