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badlyin an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way

Part of speech: ADVERB

Definition: in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈbædli/

Korean meaning: 나쁘게, 심하게, 서툴게

Korean pronunciation: 배드-리 (강세: 배드)

Example Sentences

  • My cooking skills are so bad that even the smoke detector cheers when I'm done.
  • The team played badly and lost 5-0.
  • She badly wants to meet her favorite K-pop star.

badly

ADVERB

//ˈbædli//

in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way

badly concept
💡 Concept

The team performed badly during the championship game.

badly mnemonic english
🧠 Mnemonic

Lack of preparation badly affected the presentation. (BAD + RESULT = BADLY → badly means producing bad results or poor performance)

badly rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

He played badly, felt sadly disappointed, and practiced madly afterward.

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈbædli/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈbædli/

🌳Etymology

Rootbad
Suffix--ly

Origin

고대 영어 'bæddlice'에서 유래되었으며, 'bad(나쁜)'에 부사 접미사 '-ly'가 붙어 형성되었습니다. 'bad'는 중세 영어에서 '나쁜, 사악한'의 의미로 사용되었습니다.

🎵Rhyme

gladlymadlysadly
gladly
madly
sadly

🔗Collocations

badly damaged
badly needed
perform badly
badly injured
badly behaved
badly written
want badly

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My cooking skills are so bad that even the smoke detector cheers when I'm done.

The team played badly and lost 5-0.

She badly wants to meet her favorite K-pop star.

😄 Fun example

I badly misjudged the spiciness level and now my mouth is on fire!

📚Related Words

Synonyms

poorlyterriblyawfullyseverelygreatly

Antonyms

wellexcellentlyperfectly

Related

badworseworstgoodly

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