Adequately and Badly

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Adequately adverb - In a satisfactory way.

Usage example: we weren't completely bowled over by the performance, but the band certainly played more than adequately

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Badly is an antonym for adequately.

Nearby Words: adequate, adequacy, adequation

Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

Usage example: I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal

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Adequately is an antonym for badly in topics: inadequately, immorally, very much.

Nearby Word: bad

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