Badly
Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year
Positively and badly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Positively" instead an adverb "Badly".
Nearby Word: bad
Positively
Positively adverb - In an approving manner.
Badly and positively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Positively".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Giant Octopus has one character whose accent is supposed to be either Scottish or Irish, and is positively painful to listen to, it fails so badly.
Source: Fake Irish -
J: Someone dies early, but they Never Found the Body, or it was mutilated too badly to be positively identified: they are probably the Mole.
Source: Ten Little Murder Victims
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