Badly and Poorly

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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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Poorly is a synonym for badly in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Poorly" instead the word "Badly" as an adverb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like unwell, inadequately. popular alternative
Nearby Word: bad

Poorly

Poorly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Usage example: he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests
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Badly is a synonym for poorly in inferior topic. You can use "Badly" instead the word "Poorly" as an adverb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as unsatisfactorily. popular alternative
Nearby Words: poor, poorness

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  • A Season 4 Breather Episode is partially devoted to mocking how poorly it went, with Mako's friends and relatives pointing out to him how badly he screwed things up as he tells the sordid story.
    Source: Strangled by the Red String
  • And it is as terrible and badly made and poorly acted as anything Ed Wood ever made - and IT.
    Source: So Bad Its Good / Film
  • Obfuscating Disability In two points of the X-Wing Series, Wedge Antilles disguises himself as Colonel Roat, an Imperial pilot who was badly wounded and given clumsy, poorly-functioning prosthetics.
    Source: Obfuscating Disability
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