badly

5 letters in word "badly": A B D L Y.

Anagrams of badly:

• baldy

Words found within badly:

ab ably aby ad al alb ay ba bad bal bald bay blad blay by da dab dal day la lab lad lady lay ya yald

• Definitions:
• to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired heart"; "is gravely ill ... ill: (`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 ... 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" 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" 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" without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" 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" ill: unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" 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"
• is an adverb used after other verbs: They played badly. Badly can also mean "greatly": They needed food badly.

• badlands ←
• badland ←
• badious ←
• badly
• → badman
• → badmash
• → badmashes