Badly
Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.
Unsuccessfully is a synonym for badly in inadequately topic. In some cases you can use "Unsuccessfully" instead an adverb "Badly", when it comes to topics like unfavourably.
Nearby Word: bad
Unsuccessfully
Unsuccessfully adverb - Without success.
Badly is a synonym for unsuccessfully in unsatisfactorily topic. You can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Unsuccessfully".
Nearby Word: unsuccessful
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- greatly and badly
- greatly and unsuccessfully
- ill and badly
- ill and unsuccessfully
- poorly and badly
- poorly and unsuccessfully
- insufficiently and badly
- insufficiently and unsuccessfully
- carelessly and badly
- carelessly and unsuccessfully
- severely and badly
- severely and unsuccessfully
- intensely and badly
- intensely and unsuccessfully
Both words in one sentence
- Basically, a character wants something very, very badly, after unsuccessfully trying to obtain it for the better part of the episode, it turns out that someone else has got it for them as a gift.
Source: Examples Searching for a Trope -
A common problem in badly-written erotica is for Purple Prose to attempt, unsuccessfully, to coexist with words like "fuck" and "balls": this never fails to demonstrate why this trope is listed under Comedy Tropes.
Source: Sophisticated as Hell
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Unsuccessfully and Badly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/badly/unsuccessfully
Badly & Unsuccessfully. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/badly/unsuccessfully>.
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