Badly and Over

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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

Nearby Word: bad

Over adverb - From one side to the other of an intervening space.

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Badly and over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Over".

And it always ends badly for the gloater, who really ought to wait until it's truly over.

Source: Manga / Akagi
Mainly because they would be really hard to tear down they also act as containment so if something is going badly in one area it doesn't spill over. A.I.

Source: Video Game / City of Heroes
DOOM 3 however, nerfs the shotgun badly, giving it an extremely wide spread over an unrealistically short distance, meaning it's effective at close range and less useful over longer distances.

Source: Shotguns Are Just Better

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