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Dramatically vs Badly - What's the difference?

dramatically | badly |

As adverbs the difference between dramatically and badly

is that dramatically is in a dramatic manner while badly is in a bad manner.

As an adjective badly is

(northern england) ill, unwell.

dramatically

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a dramatic manner.
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    • See also

    * significantly * drastically * strikingly

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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.

    Anagrams

    * English suppletive adverbs