- badly⇄badly, adverb.
1. in a bad manner.
Ex. She sings badly.
2. (Informal.) greatly; very much.
Ex. He wants to go badly. - badly⇄expr. badly off, (Informal.) in a state of poverty, need, or distress.
Ex. They were not at all badly off, but the wife had preferred to go out to work (Esquire).