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| Main Entry: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | inadequately |
| Synonyms: | awkwardly, carelessly, clumsily, crudely, haphazardly, incompetently, ineffectively, negligently, poorly, stupidly, unfavorably, unfortunately, unsatisfactorily, wrong, wrongly, abominably, blunderingly, defectively, erroneously, faultily, feebly, imperfectly, ineptly, maladroitly, shoddily, unskillfully, unsuccessfully, weakly |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | adequately |
| Main Entry: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | immorally |
| Synonyms: | improperly, shamefully, wickedly, criminally, evilly, naughtily, unethically |
| Antonyms: | morally |
| Main Entry: | badly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very much; desperately |
| Synonyms: | acutely, deeply, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, hard, intensely, painfully, roughly, seriously, severely, gravely |
| Antonyms: | calmly, little, mildly |
| Main Entry: | amiss |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | wrongly; defectively |
| Synonyms: | afield, badly, improperly, incorrectly, mistakenly, unfavorably, afoul, erringly, erroneously, faultily, inappropriately, out of turn, unsuitably |
| Antonyms: | good, right, well |
| Main Entry: | awry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | off course; amiss |
| Synonyms: | afield, askance, askew, astray, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, wrong, zigzag, aslant, turned |
| Antonyms: | ok, on course |
| Main Entry: | mortally |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | fatally |
| Synonyms: | badly, painfully, seriously, critically, gravely |
| Main Entry: | poorly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unsatisfactorily |
| Synonyms: | badly, crudely, inadequately, incompetently, insufficiently, meanly, defectively, inexpertly, inferiorly, shabbily, unsuccessfully |
| Antonyms: | satisfactorily, well |
| Main Entry: | severely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | harshly |
| Synonyms: | acutely, badly, dangerously, extremely, firmly, hard, hardly, intensely, markedly, painfully, roughly, seriously, sharply, sorely, strictly, critically, gravely, rigorously, sternly, with an iron hand |
| Antonyms: | lightly, compassionately |
| Main Entry: | terribly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very |
| Synonyms: | awfully, badly, decidedly, desperately, exceedingly, extremely, fearfully, greatly, highly, intensely, markedly, mightily, much, notoriously, seriously, thoroughly, unbelievably, unfortunately, unhappily, discouragingly, disturbingly, drastically, dreadfully, frightfully, gravely, horribly, remarkably, staggeringly |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | astray |
| Synonyms: | afield, amiss, askew, badly, inaccurately, incorrectly, mistakenly, unfavorably, wrongly, erroneously |
| Main Entry: | improperly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | poorly |
| Synonyms: | awkwardly, badly, clumsily, inadequately, inappropriately |
| Main Entry: | inaccurately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | inexactly |
| Synonyms: | badly, clumsily, crudely, inadequately, incorrectly, mistakenly |
| Main Entry: | inadequately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | insufficiently |
| Synonyms: | badly, incompetently, incompletely, ineffectively, inefficiently, meagerly, partially, partly, deficiently, ineffectually, ineptly, not enough, perfunctorily, scantily |
| Main Entry: | incompetently |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | poorly |
| Synonyms: | awkwardly, badly, clumsily, ineptly |
| Main Entry: | ineffectively |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | inefficiently |
| Synonyms: | badly, inadequately, poorly, ineffectually, inefficaciously, weakly |
| Main Entry: | inefficiently |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | ineffectively |
| Synonyms: | badly, carelessly, inadequately, wastefully, unproductively |
| Main Entry: | inexcusably |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | unforgivably |
| Synonyms: | badly, crudely, unjustifiably, wrongly, unpardonably |
| Main Entry: | miserably |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | poorly |
| Synonyms: | badly, inadequately, unsatisfactorily, deplorably, imperfectly, wretchedly |
| Main Entry: | mistakenly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | wrongly |
| Synonyms: | badly, falsely, erringly, erroneously, inadvisedly |
| Main Entry: | monstrously |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | horribly |
| Synonyms: | badly, brutally, cruelly, outrageously, grotesquely, heinously, hideously |
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