Badly and Horribly

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Badly

Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: I'm afraid you performed quite badly in our last rehearsal
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Horribly and badly are semantically related in awfully topic. In some cases you can use "Horribly" instead an adverb "Badly", when it comes to topics like terribly.
Nearby Word: bad

Horribly

Horribly adverb - Of a dreadful kind.
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Badly and horribly are semantically related in awfully topic. You can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Horribly", if it concerns topics such as very, terribly.
Nearby Words: horrible, horrid

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  • Fountain of Youth Naturally, things go horribly wrong, and they get a first-hand view of how badly the orphanage is really run.
    Source: Fountain of Youth
  • Franchise / Digimon Parents as People: Lots of examples of parents making a decision with the best intentions, but being horribly, horribly wrong — or even just reacting to something badly-yet-understandably-so.
    Source: Franchise / Digimon
  • Vash's idealism has infected him so badly by this point that he ends up feeling horribly guilty over everyone elses' reactions and does a Heel–Face Mole, which gets him killed.
    Source: Poisonous Friend
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