Badly and Partly

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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

Nearby Word: bad

Partly adverb - In some measure or degree.

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Badly and partly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Partly".

Nearby Words: part, partial, partially

In her first appearance on Stargate SG-1, Vala beats up Daniel pretty badly and finishs by making out with him, partly out of victory and partly because she was attracted to him.

Source: Take-That Kiss
When she takes an opportunity to slip away and have a good time on her own initiative, it goes badly, at least partly because her sheltered upbringing has left her unprepared for what might go wrong.

Source: Series / Enemy at the Door
Note that this is partly because there are hardly any real Special Forces operators left - it's strongly implied that the war is going very, very badly for the United States and her allies.

Source: Video Game / Battlefield: Bad Company

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