badly

The word “badly” has 2 syllables: bad-ly

It's pronounced as /ˈbædli/

What is synonym and antonym for badly?

In the thesaurus, “badly” has 211 synonyms and 49 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for badly along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for badly

a lot
abominably
absolutely
abundantly
abysmally
achingly
acutely
almighty
altogether
amazingly
appreciably
archly
as all get-out
astonishingly
astronomically
atrociously
awful
awfully
awkwardly
bad
beastly
blisteringly
blunderingly
bone
carelessly
clumsily
colossally
completely
considerably
corking
cracking
criminally
crudely
damn
damnably
damned
dang
deadly
deeply
defectively
deficiently
deplorably
desperately
detestably
disastrously
discernibly
downright
dreadfully
egregiously
eminently
enormously
entirely
erroneously
especially
ever
evilly
exceeding
exceedingly
exceptionally
excessively
execrably
extensively
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
faultily
feebly
fiercely
filthy
flagrantly
flat-out
frightfully
full
fully
good and
grandly
gravely
greatly
grossly
haphazardly
hard
heavily
highly
horrendously
horribly
horrifically
hugely
immensely
imperfectly
improperly
inadequately
inappropriately
incompetently
incorrectly
incredibly
indecently
ineffectively
ineptly
inferiorly
insufficiently
intensely
intolerably
jolly
lousily
majorly
maladroitly
markedly
meagerly
meanly
mightily
mighty
miserably
monstrous
monstrously
monumentally
mortally
most
much
naughtily
negligently
niggardly
notably
noticeably
obscenely
obviously
odiously
overmuch
painfully
palpably
particularly
passing
plainly
plentifully
poorly
positively
profoundly
purely
radically
rattling
real
really
remarkably
reprehensibly
right
roaring
roaringly
rottenly
roughly
scantily
scantly
seriously
severely
shabbily
shamefully
shoddily
significantly
skimpily
sleazily
so
sore
sorely
spanking
sparely
specially
staggeringly
stingily
stinking
stupidly
substantially
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
thoroughly
thumping
too
totally
trashily
unacceptably
unbearably
unco
uncommonly
unethically
unfavorably
unfortunately
unsatisfactorily
unskillfully
unspeakably
unsuccessfully
unsuitably
utterly
vastly
very
vilely
visibly
vitally
vulgarly
way
weakly
whacking
wholly
wicked
wickedly
wildly
wretchedly
wrong
wrongly

Antonyms for badly

OK
acceptably
adequately
all right
appropriately
barely
calmly
congruously
correctly
decently
decorously
exactly
faithfully
felicitously
fine
fittingly
good
gratifyingly
hardly
ideally
just
lightly
little
marginally
meagerly
meetly
mildly
minimally
morally
negligibly
nicely
nominally
okay
palatably
passably
precisely
respectably
rightly
satisfactorily
satisfyingly
scantily
scarcely
seemly
slightly
so-so
somewhat
suitably
tolerably
well

Meanings of badly

adjective
1. Ill, unwell.
adverb
1. In a bad manner.
2. Very much; to a great degree.

Example Sentences

She badly needed a break after working non-stop for weeks.
The team performed badly in the championship game, losing by a wide margin.
He badly injured his ankle while playing basketball and had to sit out for the rest of the season.
The storm badly damaged several homes in the neighborhood.
The actor badly wanted to win the prestigious award for his performance in the film.

On this page you'll find 260 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to badly, such as: OK, a lot, abominably, absolutely, abundantly, abysmally, acceptably.

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