• adverb:   with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display

  Example: "They took their defeat badly"

• adverb:   in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage

  Example: "The venture turned out badly for the investors"

• adverb:   without skill or in a displeasing manner

  Example: "She writes badly"

• adverb:   to a severe or serious degree

  Example: "Fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"

• adverb:   very much; strongly

  Example: "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"

• adverb:   with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

  Example: "The injury hurt badly"

• adverb:   in a disobedient or naughty way

  Example: "He behaved badly in school"

• adverb:   evilly or wickedly

  Example: "Treated his parents badly"

• adverb:   (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well

  Example: "The car runs badly"

• adverb:   unfavorably or with disapproval

  Example: "Thought badly of him for his lack of concern"

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