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Deeply vs Badly - What's the difference?

deeply | badly |

As adverbs the difference between deeply and badly

is that deeply is at depth, in a deep way while badly is in a bad manner.

As an adjective badly is

(northern england) ill, unwell.

deeply

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • At depth, in a deep way.
  • To a deep extent.
  • profoundly

    • Synonyms

    * deep (adverb sense )

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    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