Badly and Skillfully

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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Skillfully is an antonym for badly.

Nearby Word: bad

Skillfully adverb - In a skillful or expert manner.

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Badly is an antonym for skillfully in topics: very well, cleverly, happily.

Nearby Words: skill, skilled, skillfull

Later GTA games, starting from The Ballad of Gay Tony Expansion Pack for Grand Theft Auto IV, introduced a scoring system as a bonus objective to give players an incentive for finishing missions skillfully rather than just merely passing it regardless of how badly the player fared with it.

Source: Scoring Points
While her attempts at political intrigue and sorcery turn out badly, she is described as a brilliant artist on the stage, and is able to skillfully manipulate others with her beauty, charm, and acting abilities.

Source: Anti Villain / Literature

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