badly

Sharon felt badly hurt when she found out that James had been criticizing her behind her back.Sharon se sintió muy herida cuando se enteró de que James la había estado criticando a sus espaldas.

b. mucho

I realize I need my wife badly. I don't know what I'd do without her.Me doy cuenta de que necesito mucho a mi esposa. No sé qué haría sin ella.

6. (spectacularly)

a. estrepitosamente

He failed badly as a photographer, but found success as a writer.Fracasó estrepitosamente como fotógrafo, pero tuvo éxito como escritor.

7. (urgently)

a. desesperadamente

The fields badly need water. The drought has lasted too long.Los campos necesitan agua desesperadamente. La sequía ha durado demasiado.

badly

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or other adverbs (e.g. to run quickly, very tired).

adverb

1. (not well)

a. mal

to do badlyhacerlo mal

he didn't do badlyle fue (bastante) bien

he took it very badlyse lo tomó muy mal

we are badly off for money/timenos falta dinero/tiempo

to get on badly (with somebody)llevarse mal (con alguien)

badly dressedmal vestido(a)

2. (seriously)

a. gravemente

to be badly beatenrecibir una buena paliza

badly damagedgravemente dañado(a)

3. (greatly)

a. mucho

to want something badlydesear algo mucho

to be badly in need of somethingnecesitar algo urgentemente

badly [ˈbædlɪ]

adverb

1 (poorly) mal

he did badly in his exams los exámenes le fueron mal; things are going badly las cosas van mal; we came off badly in the deal salimos mal parados del negocio; badly made/written/designed mal hecho/escrito/diseñado; to sleep badly dormir mal

pay

2 (seriously, severely) gravemente

he was badly injured estaba gravemente herido; they were badly beaten (in contest) sufrieron una seria derrota; (physically) les dieron una paliza tremenda; to be badly mistaken estar muy equivocado; it was a gamble that went badly wrong se corría un riesgo y salió muy mal; the building was badly damaged in the explosion en la explosión el edificio resultó muy dañado

3 (unfavourably)

to speak/think badly of sb hablar/pensar mal de algn; to reflect badly on sb dejar mal a algn

nobody will think badly of you if you decide not to take part

"how did he take it?" — "badly" —¿qué tal se lo tomó? —fatal

4 (wrongly)

to treat sb badly tratar mal a algn; to behave badly portarse mal

the children behaved very badly

5 (very much) [+want, need]

badly-needed medical supplies medicamentos (m) que se necesitan desesperadamente

I am badly in need of advice

it badly needs painting hace mucha falta pintarlo; he badly needs help necesita ayuda a toda costa; they badly wanted a child estaban desesperados por tener un niño

he badly wanted to see her again

we badly need another assistant nos hace muchísima falta otro ayudante

I want it badly I need the money badly

to be badly off (poor) andar or estar mal de dinero

/he was not badly off/ but had his sister's child to support as well as his own family how can politicians claim that Britain is so badly off when we have North Sea oil and gas?

we are badly off for coal andamos mal de carbón

at a disadvantage

you're not that badly off, you only have to work 20 hours a week no estás tan mal, solo tienes que trabajar 20 horas por semana

the average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off

Examples

Phrases

behave badly	comportarse mal
treat badly	tratar mal
badly behaved	que se porta mal
get along badly	llevarse mal
I speak a little Spanish but very badly	hablo un poco de español pero no muy bien
very badly	muy mal
get on badly	llevarse mal
badly brought up	mal educado