Badly and Quite

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Badly adverb - In an unsatisfactory way.

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

Nearby Word: bad

Quite adverb - To a full extent or degree.

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Badly and quite are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Badly" instead an adverb "Quite".

The right side of his face is badly disfigured, the left side not quite so badly.

Source: Two-Faced
Neo coughs up quite a lot of blood at one point during his fight with Agent Smith in the subway scene, with a corresponding spew in the real world, indicating just how badly Smith is hurting him.

Source: Film / The Matrix
He utters the line "No-one shall have her" quite a few times over the course of the story, which ends up badly for Esmeralda (and everyone else in the story).

Source: If I Can't Have You

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