Badly and Decidedly

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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

Nearby Word: bad

Decidedly adverb - Without question and beyond doubt.

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Badly and decidedly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Decidedly".

Nearby Word: decided

Not only is she decidedly amoral in her romantic life she laughs with delight as Mark walks through a glass wall, getting badly scratched in the process.

Source: Film / The Other Woman (2014)
This is treated as a decidedly negative trait, and eventually backfires badly.

Source: Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers!

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