Badly | Mean of badly in English Dictionary

/ˈbædli/

• in a bad manner
1. We played badly.
2. The car ran badly.
3. He played badly but I played even worse.
4. The failure reflects badly on the administration.
5. The child behaved badly.
6. a badly planned project
• very much
1. She wanted the job badly.
2. I'm badly in need of a vacation.
3. We miss you badly.
• severely or seriously
1. Was she hurt badly?
2. His fingers were badly frozen.

• having little money
1. We were so badly off [=poor, broke] we couldn't afford a bus ticket.
2. Thanks to the money my uncle left me, I'm not badly off. [=I'm pretty well off]
• in bad condition
1. I felt unwell, but I wasn't so badly off that I had to stay home from work.
• having a strong need for (something or someone)
1. The team was badly off for young players.
• fairly or quite well
1. “How are you doing?” “Not too/so badly, thanks. And you?”
• to have a bad or low opinion of (someone)
1. Will you think badly of me if I take the last cookie?