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Badly vs Offensively - What's the difference?

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As adverbs the difference between badly and offensively

is that badly is in a bad manner while offensively is in an offensive manner.

As an adjective badly

is 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.

    Anagrams

    * English suppletive adverbs

    offensively

    English

    Alternative forms

    * offencively (qualifier)

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an offensive manner.