well vs badly
badly vs wellwell is a noun but badly is not a noun.
well is an adjective but badly is not an adjective.
well is a verb but badly is not a verb.
well and badly both are adverbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| well | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| badly | No | No | No | Yes |
| well (noun) | badly (noun) |
|---|---|
| a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine | |
| an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps | |
| an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) | |
| a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid | |
| an abundant source |
| well (adjective) | badly (adjective) |
|---|---|
| in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury | |
| wise or advantageous and hence advisable | |
| resulting favorably |
| well (verb) | badly (verb) |
|---|---|
| come up, as of a liquid |
| well (adverb) | badly (adverb) |
|---|---|
| (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well') | (`ill' is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well |
| without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor | to a severe or serious degree |
| indicating high probability; in all likelihood | very much; strongly |
| thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form | with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly') |
| favorably; with approval | in a disobedient or naughty way |
| to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree | evilly or wickedly |
| in financial comfort | unfavorably or with disapproval |
| in a manner affording benefit or advantage | with unusual distress or resentment or regret or emotional display |
| to a great extent or degree | in a disadvantageous way; to someone's disadvantage |
| with skill or in a pleasing manner | without skill or in a displeasing manner |
| with prudence or propriety | |
| with great or especially intimate knowledge | |
| (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully |
Words related to "well"
- advantageously
- advisable
- artesian well
- asymptomatic
- badly
- bilge well
- combining form
- come up
- comfortably
- compartment
- considerably
- cured
- driven well
- easily
- excavation
- fit
- fortunate
- fountainhead
- gas well
- good
- healed
- healthy
- ill
- inkstand
- inkwell
- intensifier
- intensive
- intimately
- oil well
- oiler
- pump well
- recovered
- rise
- rise up
- shaft
- source
- stairwell
- substantially
- sump
- surface
- swell
- symptomless
- tube well
- vessel
- wellness
- wellspring
Words related to "badly"
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