badly

English

Etymology

From bad +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæd.li/

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Adverb

badly (comparative worse, superlative worst)

1. In a bad manner.
2. Very much; to a great degree.

   I want it so badly.

Usage notes

• 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.

Translations

in a bad manner

• Bulgarian: зле (bg) (zle)
• Catalan: malament (ca), mal (ca)
• Czech: špatně (cs)
• Danish: dårligt
• Esperanto: malbone
• Finnish: huonosti (fi), pahasti (fi)
• French: mal (fr), mauvaisement (fr) m (old)
• Friulian: mâl
• Galician: mal (gl)
• German: schlecht (de)
• Greek: κακώς (el) (kakós), κακά (el) (kaká), άσχημα (el) (áschima)

  Ancient: κακῶς (kakôs)

• Hungarian: rosszul (hu)
• Ido: male (io)
• Italian: male (it)
• Korean: 나쁘게 (ko) (nappeuge), 서투르게 (ko) (seotureuge)

• Ladin: melamënter
• Latin: male (la), aliter (la)
• Latvian: slikti
• Ngazidja Comorian: nai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dårlig (no)

• Old English: yfele
• Polish: źle (pl)
• Portuguese: mal (pt)
• Romanian: rău (ro)
• Russian: пло́хо (ru) (plóxo), нехорошо́ (ru) (nexorošó)
• Slovene: slabó
• Spanish: malamente, mal (es)
• Swedish: dåligt (sv)
• Turkish: acil (tr), fena (tr)
• Walloon: må (wa)

Adjective

badly (comparative more badly, superlative most badly)

1. (Northern England) Ill, unwell.

   He's never badly.

Translations

ill, unwell

• Bulgarian: зле (bg) (zle)
• Finnish: sairas (fi)
• German: schlecht (de)
• Greek: άρρωστος (el) (árrostos)
• Ido: malada (io)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dårlig (no)

• Russian: нехорошо́ (ru) (nexorošó), ду́рно (ru) (dúrno), пло́хо (ru) (plóxo)
• Spanish: mal (es)
• Swedish: dålig (sv)
• Turkish: kötü (tr)

Anagrams

• Dalby, baldy, blady