| adverb | to a severe or serious degree “fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated” |
| adverb | (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well “he was ill prepared” |
| adverb | evilly or wickedly “treated his parents badly” |
| adverb | in a disobedient or naughty way “he behaved badly in school” |
| adverb | with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') “the injury hurt badly” |
| adverb | very much; strongly “I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it” |
| adverb | without skill or in a displeasing manner “she writes badly” |
| adverb | in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage “the venture turned out badly for the investors” |
| adverb | unfavorably or with disapproval “tried not to speak ill of the dead” |
| adverb | with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display “they took their defeat badly” |