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Badly vs Negatively - What's the difference?

badly | negatively |

As adverbs the difference between badly and negatively

is that badly is in a bad manner while negatively is in a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.

As an adjective badly

is (northern england) ill, unwell.

badly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
    • He's never badly'''''. (''He's never '''ill .)

    Adverb

  • In a bad manner.
  • Very much; to a great degree.
    • I want it so badly .

    Usage notes

    * Badly is sometimes used after feel in its copulative sense where one might expect an adjective, ie, bad. Most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used.

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    * English suppletive adverbs

    negatively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a negative manner; so as to be damaging or not positive.

    • Related terms

    * negative

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