Badly
Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year
Significantly and badly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Significantly" instead an adverb "Badly".
Nearby Word: bad
Significantly
Significantly adverb - In a significant manner.
Badly and significantly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Significantly".
Both words in one sentence
- Its NES console port, however, significantly toned down the Strategy Game elements, instead making it look like a badly designed Action-Adventure.
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Unfortunately the system wasn't significantly better than the 2600 on the gaming side, and its computing features were badly underdeveloped.
Source: Useful Notes / Console Wars -
This apparently happens frequently if a contestant sings badly for the show's staffers and is put through to the judges as a "joke contestant", but then pulls it together and gives a significantly better performance before the judges.
Source: Manipulative Editing
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