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adverb (worse /wərs/, worst /wərst/)
1in an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unsuccessful way:a badly managed company the war was going badly in an unfavorable way:try not to think badly of me in an unacceptable or unpleasant way:she realized she was behaving rather badly
2to a great or serious degree; severely:the building was badly damaged by fire I wanted a baby so badly things had begun to go badly wrong
adjective
[as complement] informal guilty or regretful:I felt badly about my unfriendliness of the previous evening
