Appropriately
Appropriately adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Badly
Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal
Appropriately is an antonym for badly.
Nearby Word: bad
Both words in one sentence
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In Brave10, the background characters all look, act and dress period appropriately, but the main cast are loud, eccentric, misbehaving, badly and anachronistically dressed ninjas, simply because they are the protagonists.
Source: Highly Visible Ninja -
Too Kinky to Torture: Doc is so cheerful and wants so badly to be friends that he completely fails to act appropriately frightened, despite being held hostage, threatened, and beaten by an over-the-edge special forces soldier and a nigh-unstoppable insane killing machine.
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