Badly
Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year
Thoroughly and badly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thoroughly" instead an adverb "Badly".
Nearby Word: bad
Thoroughly
Thoroughly adverb - With attention to all aspects or details.
Badly and thoroughly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Thoroughly".
Nearby Words: thorough, thoroughness
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Chillingly, the Doctor figures this out because, in his own words, nobody else hates him that badly (or thoroughly).
Source: Evil Me Scares Me - He manipulates the senses of his victims to trap them, then ends his illusions just long enough for them to realise how badly they've been tricked before they're thoroughly defeated.
Source: Did You Actually Believe? -
Super - Depending on the player, the first time 'round he's either badly wounded, relatively unhurt, or somewhere inbetween, but has his ass thoroughly handed to him later on.
Source: Rasputinian Death
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