badly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: badly	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for badly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
badly adv 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" Synonym(s): badly, severely, gravely, seriously (`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 plan" Synonym(s): ill, badly, poorly Antonym(s): good, well evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" 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" Synonym(s): badly, mischievously, naughtily 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" Synonym(s): badly, bad 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" Synonym(s): badly, bad without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" Antonym(s): well 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" Synonym(s): badly, disadvantageously Antonym(s): advantageously, well unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" Synonym(s): ill, badly Antonym(s): well 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" Antonym(s): well
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badly \Bad"ly\, adv. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. Note: Badly is often used colloquially for very much or very greatly, with words signifying to want or need.