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badly

adverb
  1. (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner
    ill
  2. with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display
    “they took their defeat badly”
  3. unfavorably or with disapproval
    ill
  4. in a disadvantageous way
    disadvantageously
  5. without skill or in a displeasing manner
    “The sub-par author writes badly.”
  6. to a severe or serious degree
    “fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated”
    severely
  7. very much
    heaps
  8. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
    “the injury hurt badly”
    bad
  9. in a disobedient or naughty way
    “They behaved badly in school.”
    mischievously
  10. evilly or wickedly
    “We treated our parents badly on occasion.”