badly
In substandard fashion
Badly is the adverb form of bad, describing something done poorly or inadequately: The project was badly managed.
It also means severely or seriously: badly injured, badly damaged.
To want something badly is to want it very much.
In casual speech, bad often replaces badly as an adverb: I need it bad.
In an inferior way
- incompetentlyWithout adequate skill
- ineptlyLacking competence or grace
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- amateurishlyIn unskilled manner
sloppily · carelessly · shoddily · inadequately · ineffectively · bungled · botched · fumbled
In poor health
- sickUnwell or impressively cool
- unwellExperiencing poor health
- poorlyIn an inferior way
- ailingIn poor health
off · rough · terrible · awful · rotten · lousy · queasy · nauseous
With urgent intensity
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- seriouslyWith sincere intent
- gravelyIn serious manner
acutely · sorely · pressingly · direly · crucially · immediately · imperatively
With urgent intensity
- achingExperiencing dull pain
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
hungering · thirsting · wanting · needing · dying · itching · jonesing · hankering
Cause or feel pain
- woundedHaving sustained harm
- injuredHaving sustained harm
- damagedMade worse by injury
- bruisedInjured beneath skin
burned · scarred · broken · fractured · mangled · battered · beaten · mauled
Being without something
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
- needingLacking what's essential
- shortOf limited extent
- deprivedLacking necessities
starved · bereft · devoid · impoverished · deficient · undernourished · malnourished · underfunded
poorly
In an inferior way
- incompetentlyWithout adequate skill
- ineptlyLacking competence or grace
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
amateurishly · sloppily · carelessly · shoddily · inadequately · ineffectively · bungled · botched · fumbled · mishandled
ill
In poor health
ailing · off · rough · terrible · awful · rotten · lousy · queasy · nauseous · feverish
desperately
With urgent intensity
- urgentlyWith pressing immediacy
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- seriouslyWith sincere intent
gravely · acutely · sorely · pressingly · direly · crucially · immediately · imperatively
desperately
With urgent intensity
pining · hungering · thirsting · wanting · needing · dying · itching · jonesing · hankering · starving
hurt
Cause or feel pain
bruised · burned · scarred · broken · fractured · mangled · battered · beaten · mauled · cut
lacking
Being without something
deprived · starved · bereft · devoid · impoverished · deficient · undernourished · malnourished · underfunded · understaffed
badlywell
Dug water source
excellently · skillfully · competently · proficiently · masterfully