badly
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
badly (comparative more badly, superlative most badly)
- (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
- He's never badly.
TranslationsEdit
ill, unwell
AdverbEdit
badly (comparative worse, superlative worst)
- In a bad manner.
- Very much; to a great degree.
- I want it so badly.
Usage notesEdit
- Badly is sometimes used after feel in its copulative sense where one might expect an adjective, ie, bad. Most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used.
TranslationsEdit
in a bad manner
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