1. (

• badly ,
• severely ,
• gravely ,
• seriously ,

) 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" ;

2. (

• ill ,
• badly ,
• poorly

) (`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" ;

3. (

• badly ,

) evilly or wickedly; "treated his parents badly"; "to steal is to act badly" ;

4. (

• badly ,
• mischievously ,
• naughtily

) 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" ;

5. (

• badly ,
• bad ,

) 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" ;

6. (

• 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" ;

7. (

• badly ,

) without skill or in a displeasing manner; "she writes badly"; "I think he paints very badly" ;

8. (

• badly ,
• disadvantageously

) 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" ;

9. (

• ill ,
• badly ,

) unfavorably or with disapproval; "tried not to speak ill of the dead"; "thought badly of him for his lack of concern" ;

10. (

• badly ,

) 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" ;