Badly and Willfully

Badly

Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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

Nearby Word: bad

Willfully

Willfully adverb - With full awareness of what one is doing.

Badly and willfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Willfully".

Nearby Words: willful, willingly, willfulness

Both words in one sentence

  • Said land-dweller reacted rather badly, willfully causing a disaster that destroyed her community's entire seaside city, while she came back as an insane, vengeful ghost (who, in retrospect, may have influenced the former).
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