Badly and Deadly

Badly

Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year

Deadly and badly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deadly" instead an adverb "Badly".

Nearby Word: bad

Deadly

Deadly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: I'm deadly serious about making an offer on the house

Badly and deadly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Deadly".

Nearby Word: dead

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Glass Cannon She's a deadly combatant with a sword, incredibly fast and agile, and very hard to lay a glove on, but when Batman actually manages to do so, it seems to hurt her badly.
    Source: Glass Cannon
  • Said TV sets are huge, confusing, badly-designed labyrinths filled with numerous real death traps and deadly animatronics like sword-wielding knights and dinosaurs that breathe fire(!).
  • Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown Sectoids, Thin Men and Floaters don't have many hit points, but are armed with deadly plasma weapons that can kill or badly wound your rookies in one hit.
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