Main entry: ill, badly, poorly
Definition: (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well
Usage: 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
Main entry: badly
Definition: with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
Usage: they took their defeat badly; took her father's death badly; conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake
Definition: unfavorably or with disapproval
Usage: tried not to speak ill of the dead; thought badly of him for his lack of concern
Main entry: badly, disadvantageously
Definition: in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage
Usage: the venture turned out badly for the investors; angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them
Main entry: badly
Definition: without skill or in a displeasing manner
Usage: she writes badly; I think he paints very badly
Main entry: gravely, badly, severely, seriously
Definition: to a severe or serious degree
Usage: fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated; badly injured; a severely impaired heart; is gravely ill; was seriously ill
Definition: very much; strongly
Usage: 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
Definition: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
Usage: the injury hurt badly; the buildings were badly shaken; it hurts bad; we need water bad
Main entry: badly, mischievously, naughtily
Definition: in a disobedient or naughty way
Usage: 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
Main entry: badly
Definition: evilly or wickedly
Usage: treated his parents badly; to steal is to act badly