Synonyms for badly
Synonyms by meaning
Adverb
4. Mischievously
mischievously, naughtily rare
Other
bad, wretchedly, grievously, wrongfully, disadvantageously rare
Definitions
- adv. 1
In a bad manner.
Don't think badly of me: give me the benefit of the doubt.
- adv. 2
Very much; to a great degree.
Everything went badly wrong.
Related words
- Phrases
- badly off
Example sentences
- greatly It has greatly improved compared with what it was.
- severely Damiano’s solar panels have been severely damaged.
- awfully That's an awfully high price to ask someone to pay.
- acutely I'm acutely aware of my limitations.
- ill They called in a doctor because the child was ill.
- poorly A healthy person is a poorly examined sick person.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, ill1
- 6 letters
- poorly2
- 7 letters
- greatly2, awfully2, acutely3, gravely2, lousily
- 8 letters
- severely3, shoddily, meagerly, meagrely
- 9 letters
- seriously4, naughtily
- 10 letters
- wrongfully3, grievously3, wretchedly3
- 13 letters
- mischievously
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (poorly2 = 2 syllables).