badly — OAT · Shobdo

badly

adverb

1 the job had been badly done:

poorly, incompetently, ineptly, inexpertly, inefficiently, imperfectly, deficiently, defectively, unsatisfactorily, inadequately, incorrectly, faultily, shoddily, amateurishly, carelessly, negligently;

awfully, terribly, dreadfully, abominably, atrociously, frightfully, miserably, wretchedly, lamentably, deplorably, dismally, execrably;

informal abysmally, appallingly, crummily, diabolically, pitifully, woefully;

rare egregiously.

▷antonyms well.

2 try not to think badly of me:

unfavorably, ill, critically, with disapproval, with disfavor.

3 Anna knew she had been behaving badly:

reprehensibly, naughtily, mischievously.

4 many of the animals had been badly treated:

cruelly, wickedly, unkindly, harshly, shamefully;

unfairly, unjustly, wrongly, improperly.

5 it's his own fault it turned out badly:

unsuccessfully, unfavorably, adversely, unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily.

6 some of the victims are badly hurt:

severely, seriously, gravely, greatly, grievously, acutely, critically, dangerously.

▷antonyms slightly.

7 the house is badly in need of redecoration:

very much, greatly, intensely, desperately, exceedingly, painfully, sorely;

informal seriously.