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Gravely vs Badly - What's the difference?

gravely | badly |

As adjectives the difference between gravely and badly

is that gravely is characterised by gravel, pebbles, or small stones while badly is (northern england) ill, unwell.

As adverbs the difference between gravely and badly

is that gravely is in a grave or serious manner while badly is in a bad manner.

gravely

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), equivalent to .

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterised by gravel, pebbles, or small stones.

    • Etymology 2

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a grave or serious manner.

    • 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