1
as in poorly
in an unsatisfactory way
I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal
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2
as in terribly
to a great degree
blood donors are badly needed this time of year
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Recent Examples of badly
Before Mark helps Lorne save Emile, Lorne and her coworkers seem quite invested in the process of raising sacrificial animals, reacting badly when Mark and Helly first show up in their department looking to shake things up.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Tillman deserves that supporting actor Emmy as badly as Mr. Milkshake deserved a promotion.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
The Bronx Bombers are fighting pitching injuries as badly as anybody.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
That goal against came as a direct result of Pontus Holmberg badly losing a puck battle in the defensive zone, too.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Tillman deserves that supporting actor Emmy as badly as Mr. Milkshake deserved a promotion.
—Samantha Allen, Them, 21 Mar. 2025
The Bronx Bombers are fighting pitching injuries as badly as anybody.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
That goal against came as a direct result of Pontus Holmberg badly losing a puck battle in the defensive zone, too.
—Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for badly
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Today’s large language models often perform more poorly in those languages than in, say, English.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Animated Lord Of The Rings prequel, War Of The Rohirrim, which fared poorly with critics at 48% on Rotten Tomatoes but much better with audiences at 82%.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Other times, particularly when down by eight to 10 points, the Jayhawks did not look terribly driven.—
Andy Frye,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The law was most infamously used during the terribly wrong internment of Japanese-American citizens during WWII.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Remember, too much of a good thing can turn bad quickly!—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2024
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That started off bad and got better.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2023
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Their lack of depth was evident against this extremely deep Gators squad.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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In some cases, people simply use it as an extremely robust group messaging tool for groups of friends without any games or projects involved.—
Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
27 Mar. 2025
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Williams seems to have fundamentally misunderstood the novel, or at the very least to have only a diluted grasp of it.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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And the headliner of the group, of course, was quarterback Cam Ward, who very likely could be the No. 1 overall pick when the draft gets underway on April 24 in Green Bay.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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And there's a little bit of dancing towards the end of this with Sir Anthony Hopkins which was just for sure an incredibly cool experience.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Digital partners that enable end to end supplier integration can have an incredibly powerful impact on supply chain operations for all involved.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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In the first episode, Lochlan watches Saxon undress and stares a little too long at him naked.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2025
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For the past three years, Pace and her friends have sometimes had to move to the regular pool because the lazy river’s water levels were too low.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Dive into March Madness with The Athletic Projecting the bracket | March Madness 2025 | 11 teams that can win it all Mark Pope’s offense cuts and zooms across the floor, with highly capable shooters dotting the perimeter.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Each new Indigenous resident-physician comes from communities that are highly underrepresented in medicine and experience disproportionate health disparities.—
Victor A. Lopez-Carmen, MD,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Badly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/badly. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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