badly

Definition

  • adverb: in a bad manner
  • synonyms: afield, amiss, astray

Examples

  • Thanks to the money my uncle left me, I'm not 'badly off'. [=I'm pretty well off]

  • I felt unwell, but I wasn't so 'badly off' that I had to stay home from work.

  • We were so 'badly off' [='poor, broke'] we couldn't afford a bus ticket.

Movie quotes

  • (..) There were good people in the town... Alessa was so lonely and hurt and scared. They should have known better than to hurt her so badly. When you're hurt and scared for so long... ... and the hate starts to change the world. Alessa's hate grew and grew, (..)
    2006 Silent Hill