<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>In a defective, incorrect, or undesirable way: The car runs badly.</li><li>In an unsatisfactory, inadequate, or unskilled manner: a vague, badly written letter; He paints badly.</li><li>Unfavorably: His neighbors spoke badly of him. The weather turned out badly for the cruise.</li><li>In a wicked, evil, or morally or legally wrong way.</li><li>In a disobedient, naughty, or ethically or socially wrong way: He treats his parents badly.</li><li>Very much; to a great extent or degree: a house badly in need of repair; to want something badly.</li><li>Severely; direly: to be injured badly.</li><li>With great distress, resentment, regret, or emotional display: She took the news of her mother's death badly.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>