Badly and Very

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Badly adverb - To a great degree.

Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year

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Very is a synonym for badly in amount topic. In some cases you can use "Very" instead an adverb "Badly", when it comes to topics like greatly.

Nearby Word: bad

Very adverb - To a great degree.

Usage example: that was a very brave thing to do

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Badly is a synonym for very in amount topic. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Very", if it concerns topics such as greatly.

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Very and Badly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/badly/very

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