Wondering how to hyphenate the English word badly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.
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To a severe or serious degree Fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated Badly injured A severely impaired heart Is gravely ill Was seriously ill |
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(`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner Not well He was ill prepared It ill befits a man to betray old friends The car runs badly He performed badly on the exam The team played poorly Ill-fitting clothes An ill-conceived plan |
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Evilly or wickedly Treated his parents badly To steal is to act badly |
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In a disobedient or naughty way He behaved badly in school He mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister Behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room |
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With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') The injury hurt badly The buildings were badly shaken It hurts bad We need water bad |
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Very much Strongly I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it The cables had sagged badly They were badly in need of help He wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it |
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Without skill or in a displeasing manner She writes badly I think he paints very badly |
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In a disadvantageous way To someone's disadvantage The venture turned out badly for the investors Angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them |
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Unfavorably or with disapproval Tried not to speak ill of the dead Thought badly of him for his lack of concern |
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With unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display They took their defeat badly Took her father's death badly Conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake |