Badly and Sufficiently

Badly

Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

Sufficiently is an antonym for badly.

Nearby Word: bad

Sufficiently

Sufficiently adverb - In a satisfactory way.
Usage example: it's not great literature, but this whodunit is sufficiently suspenseful

Badly is an antonym for sufficiently.

Nearby Words: sufficient, sufficiency, suffice

Both words in one sentence

  • In the former case, the advantage to this trope is obvious—a Game Master in a Tabletop Game could be badly hamstrung by a sufficiently Genre Savvy player anticipating the general direction of the campaign and being prepared for anything.
  • Vader Breath One of the sound effects in Fate/stay night, generally only used in very creepy situations and when the narrator is sufficiently badly injured.
    Source: Vader Breath
  • In man-to-man combat, if one party is being beaten sufficiently badly then the enemy's blows will suddenly stop affecting them for a brief period to let them get up again.
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