Synonyms of badly

badly

adverb

ˈbad-lē 

1

as in poorly

in an unsatisfactory way

I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poorly
• bad
• horribly
• inadequately
• unsatisfactorily
• terribly
• incorrectly
• deficiently
• wretchedly
• unacceptably
• dreadfully
• lousily
• awfully
• disastrously
• atrociously
• abysmally
• horrendously
• horrifically
• deplorably
• inappropriately
• intolerably
• unbearably
• damnably
• grossly
• miserably
• indecently
• unsuitably
• egregiously
• vulgarly
• execrably
• rottenly
• abominably
• shoddily
• insufficiently
• flagrantly
• shabbily
• vilely
• detestably
• unspeakably
• naughtily
• reprehensibly
• odiously
• meagerly
• scantily
• inferiorly
• sparely
• skimpily
• niggardly
• meanly
• sleazily
• stingily
• trashily
• scantly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• well
• adequately
• fine
• nicely
• satisfactorily
• good
• all right
• okay
• acceptably
• correctly
• tolerably
• appropriately
• rightly
• decently
• so-so
• OK
• suitably
• fittingly
• passably
• precisely
• seemly
• exactly
• faithfully
• ideally
• respectably
• palatably
• felicitously
• decorously
• congruously
• meetly
• satisfyingly
• gratifyingly

2

as in terribly

to a great degree

blood donors are badly needed this time of year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• terribly
• extremely
• very
• incredibly
• severely
• too
• highly
• desperately
• damn
• so
• damned
• really
• seriously
• heavily
• greatly
• far
• intensely
• much
• that
• wildly
• especially
• jolly
• most
• super
• awfully
• particularly
• exceptionally
• fantastically
• specially
• fiercely
• immensely
• awful
• real
• full
• such
• fabulously
• absolutely
• mighty
• hugely
• frightfully
• good and
• mortally
• exceedingly
• thoroughly
• vitally
• totally
• sore
• way
• sorely
• supremely
• enormously
• completely
• exceeding
• deeply
• uncommonly
• extra
• wicked
• remarkably
• utterly
• deadly
• vastly
• majorly
• bone
• passing
• positively
• achingly
• colossally
• mightily
• cracking
• eminently
• dang
• surpassingly
• entirely
• significantly
• rattling
• roaring
• archly
• a lot
• whacking
• thumping
• ever
• beastly
• filthy
• almighty
• monstrous
• spanking
• wholly
• roaringly
• considerably
• blisteringly
• corking
• noticeably
• fully
• right
• stinking
• profoundly
• extensively
• radically
• obviously
• unco
• visibly
• substantially
• as all get-out
• purely
• notably
• downright
• markedly
• excessively
• flat-out
• palpably
• appreciably
• plentifully
• plainly
• altogether
• monumentally
• abundantly
• amazingly
• obscenely
• discernibly
• astronomically
• astonishingly
• monstrously
• staggeringly
• overmuch
• grandly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• somewhat
• slightly
• little
• nominally
• negligibly
• just
• barely
• minimally
• hardly
• scarcely
• marginally
• scantily
• meagerly

Examples of badly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The autonomous vehicle company Cruise has been ordered to pay a $1.5 million fine for failing to properly report post-crash details involving a woman who last year was dragged 20 feet and badly injured in San Francisco by one of its self-driving cars. —Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024

But Soni envisions a corps of 1 million traveling resilience workers who are paid well for their work and recognized as a national resource in a country that badly needs them. —Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024

After Betts made the score 5-2 in the seventh, Freeman badly rolled his ankle trying to avoid a tag on a play at first base. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

And that’s another problem this show gets badly wrong. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024