/ˈbædli/
#1716 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
In a poor way, not well; or very much.
Word origin
From bad plus the ending -ly, which turns an adjective into an adverb.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- bad
Examples
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"Badly" tells you how he sings.
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"Badly" is the adverb that comes from "bad".
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Here "badly" means very much.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)As vs like in English: swims like a fish, works as a waiter, and the truth about like I said
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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