Badly and Way

Badly

Badly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: blood donors are badly needed this time of year

Way and badly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead an adverb "Badly".

Nearby Word: bad

Way

Way adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: “Oh, I'm just way thrilled to be here!” the pageant contestant gushed

Badly and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Way".

Both words in one sentence

  • Catherine can come across this way just as badly as, if not worse than, Caleb... in her own way.
  • Literature / The Raven Cycle Turns out that the bad Latin is actually a way to tell who and what has been dreamed up by Ronan, and thus speaks it as badly as he does.
  • Lets Play / Al Chest Breach Intentional Engrish for Funny: When playing a particularly badly translated mod, Al is known to begin talking this way.
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