Badly
Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year
Nearby Word: bad
Somewhat
Somewhat adverb - To some degree or extent.
Both words in one sentence
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To somewhat greater surprise, the Just Another Night at Freddy's series introduced a second one in the form of Pizza Baron: a badly-planned, badly-executed ripoff of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that uses stereotypes, bizarre, made-up instruments and awful animatronics that barely count as interactive.
Source: Suck E. Cheese's - Given Harry's luck with women, or lack thereof, it ended somewhat badly, and when she reappears in a later novel, Harry is feels pangs when he sees her again.
Source: First Love
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