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Oxford 5000 vocabulary |A2|SPEAKING vocabularyWRITING vocabulary bad‧ly /ˈbædli/ adverb (comparative worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/, superlative worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/)
بدجور، ناشیانه، بطور ناشایسته
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Synonyms & Related Words badly[adverb]Synonyms:- poorly, carelessly, imperfectly, inadequately, incorrectly, ineptly, wrongly
- unfavourably, unfortunately, unsuccessfully
- severely, deeply, desperately, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, intensely, seriously
Antonyms: well
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English Dictionary bad‧ly S3 W3 /ˈbædli/
adverb (
comparative worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/,
superlative worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/)
1. in an unsatisfactory or unsuccessful way
Antonym : well:
The company has been very badly managed. The novel was translated badly into English. badly made furniture Rob did very badly in the History exam.2. to a great or serious degree:
He’s been limping badly ever since the skiing accident. We badly wanted to help, but there was nothing we could do. He was beaten so badly that his brother didn’t recognize him. The school is badly in need of (=very much needs) some new computers. Things started to go badly wrong (=go wrong in a serious way) for Eric after he lost his job.3. think badly of somebody/something to have a bad opinion of someone or something:
I’m sure they won’t think badly of you if you tell them you need some help. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations Common Errors badlyadverb1. BAD: My shoulders were sunburnt badly.
GOOD: My shoulders were badly sunburnt.
BAD: Some were killed and others were injured badly.
GOOD: Some were killed and others were badly injured.
Usage Note:badly + past participle: 'The other car was badly damaged.'
2. See ILL 2 (
ill)
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