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badly 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈbadlē/,
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worse, comparative; worst, superlative;
  1. Guilty or regretful
    • - I felt badly about my unfriendliness of the previous evening
Adverb
  1. In an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way
    • - a badly managed company
    • - the war was going badly
  2. In an unfavorable way
    • - try not to think badly of me
  3. In an unacceptable or unpleasant way
    • - she realized she was behaving rather badly
  4. To a great or serious degree; severely
    • - the building was badly damaged by fire
    • - I wanted a baby so badly
    • - things had begun to go badly wrong
  1. to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill"
  2. ill: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well; "he was ill prepared"; "it ill befits a man to betray old friends"; "the car runs badly"; "he performed badly on the exam"; "the team played poorly"; "ill-fitting clothes"; "an ill-conceived ...
  3. evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly"
  4. in a disobedient or naughty way; "he behaved badly in school"; "he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister"; "behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room"
  5. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
  6. very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
  7. without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly"
  8. in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage; "the venture turned out badly for the investors"; "angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them"
  9. ill: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern"
  10. with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display; "they took their defeat badly"; "took her father's death badly"; "conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake"
  11. ill, unwell; In a bad manner; Very much; to a great degree
  12. is used to indicate the manner in which the action of the verb is carried out: They played badly. (Badly can also mean "greatly": They needed food badly.)
  13. 1.(adj. badlee) ill, poorly. e.g. Am nut comin' inter wuk t'day, arm badly = I shan't be attending my place of work this day as I am unwell.
  14. (Someone who is not well)