Badly and Pleasantly

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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Pleasantly is an antonym for badly.

Nearby Word: bad

Pleasantly adverb - In a pleasing way.

Usage example: we were pleasantly surprised by their offer to put us up for the night

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Badly is an antonym for pleasantly.

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Pleasantly and Badly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/badly/pleasantly

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