Definition of badly

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• badly is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
• badly is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
• badly is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of badly

• in a disobedient or naughty way (adverb)

  Examples

  1. he behaved badly in school

  Synonyms

  1. mischievously
  2. naughtily
• with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') (adverb)

  Examples

  1. the injury hurt badly
  2. the buildings were badly shaken

  Synonyms

  1. bad
• (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well (adverb)

  Examples

  1. the car runs badly
  2. he performed badly on the exam

  Synonyms

  1. ill
  2. poorly
• unfavorably or with disapproval (adverb)

  Examples

  1. thought badly of him for his lack of concern

  Synonyms

  1. ill
• in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage (adverb)

  Examples

  1. the venture turned out badly for the investors

  Synonyms

  1. disadvantageously
• to a severe or serious degree (adverb)

  Examples

  1. fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated
  2. badly injured

  Synonyms

  1. gravely
  2. seriously
  3. severely
• very much; strongly (adverb)

  Examples

  1. I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
  2. the cables had sagged badly
  3. they were badly in need of help

  Synonyms

  1. bad
• without skill or in a displeasing manner ()

  Examples

  1. she writes badly
  2. I think he paints very badly
• with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display ()

  Examples

  1. they took their defeat badly
  2. took her father's death badly
  3. conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake
• evilly or wickedly ()

  Examples

  1. treated his parents badly
  2. to steal is to act badly

See definition of badly in Merriam Webster