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to a severe or serious degree;
\\\"fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated\\\"
\\\"badly injured\\\"
\\\"a severely impaired heart\\\"
\\\"is gravely ill\\\"
\\\"was seriously ill\\\"
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(`ill\\\' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well;
\\\"he was ill prepared\\\"
\\\"it ill befits a man to betray old friends\\\"
\\\"the car runs badly\\\"
\\\"he performed badly on the exam\\\"
\\\"the team played poorly\\\"
\\\"ill-fitting clothes\\\"
\\\"an ill-conceived plan\\\"
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evilly or wickedly;
\\\"treated his parents badly\\\"
\\\"to steal is to act badly\\\"
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in a disobedient or naughty way;
\\\"he behaved badly in school\\\"
\\\"he mischievously looked for a chance to embarrass his sister\\\"
\\\"behaved naughtily when they had guests and was sent to his room\\\"
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with great intensity (`bad\\\' is a nonstandard variant for `badly\\\');
\\\"the injury hurt badly\\\"
\\\"the buildings were badly shaken\\\"
\\\"it hurts bad\\\"
\\\"we need water bad\\\"
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very much; strongly;
\\\"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it\\\"
\\\"the cables had sagged badly\\\"
\\\"they were badly in need of help\\\"
\\\"he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it\\\"
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without skill or in a displeasing manner;
\\\"she writes badly\\\"
\\\"I think he paints very badly\\\"
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in a disadvantageous way; to someone\\\'s disadvantage;
\\\"the venture turned out badly for the investors\\\"
\\\"angry that the case was settled disadvantageously for them\\\"
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unfavorably or with disapproval;
\\\"tried not to speak ill of the dead\\\"
\\\"thought badly of him for his lack of concern\\\"
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with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display;
\\\"they took their defeat badly\\\"
\\\"took her father\\\'s death badly\\\"
\\\"conducted himself very badly at the time of the earthquake\\\"