Translation
badly
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Examples
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He acted badly.
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He is unwell.
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You speak ill of your friend.
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The affair was badly handled.
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He has a bad name with everybody.
male is the adverb of and the exact opposite of . Its comparative and superlative are as irregular as the adjective's: , "worse", and , "worst".
It does more than condemn. Attached to a verb it often just weakens or negates it: male is "to be unwell", male is "to be badly spoken of, to have a bad reputation" (Latin hears a reputation rather than holding one). It also welds into compounds: maledicere, to speak ill of, whence "malediction"; maleficium, a wrongdoing; malevolus, ill-wishing. The English word "male", for the sex, is unrelated: that one comes from mas, .
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 11: male, valde, cur and 7 more words.