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Is it hurt bad or hurt badly?
The word bad is an adjective that modifies nouns and pronouns: She was in a bad accident. The word badly is an adverb that conveys the manner or degree of a verb’s action: She was hurt badly in the accident.
Is it correct to say bad or badly?
The word bad is an adjective and should be used to modify nouns and pronouns. Badly, like most words ending in -ly, is an adverb and is used to modify verbs. The thing that trips most people up is that linking verbs such as to be and to feel take adjectives rather than adverbs.
How do you use badly in a sentence?
The failure reflects badly on the administration. She wanted the job badly. I’m badly in need of a vacation. His fingers were badly frozen.
Do it badly Meaning?
1 adv If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
Is feeling badly grammatically correct?
To feel badly implies that your sense of touch is not right. When you are referring to a sense of touch, then badly is used as an adverb describing the verb to feel or touch. The correct way to say the sentence is, “I feel bad for him because he didn’t make the cut.”
Do badly examples?
It didn’t do badly by itself, either. He didn’t do badly before that, either. Labour will do badly this Thursday, in local and European elections, and deserves to do badly. The PPP looked set to do badly in Saturday’s vote.
Can you say I feel badly?
Feel bad is the grammatically correct version when describing that you don’t feel well physically or emotionally. Like ‘be’ or ‘look’, ‘feel’ is a linking verb. That means that “I feel bad” is correct—just like “I feel sad” (rather than “I feel sadly”) or “that looks delicious” (rather than “that looks deliciously”).
What is the meaning badly hurt?
2. adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] If someone or something is badly hurt or badly affected, they are severely hurt or affected.
What can I say instead of so badly?
What is another word for so bad?
| extremely bad | so atrocious |
|---|---|
| so dreadful | so hopeless |
| so laughable | so lousy |
| so pathetic | so poor |
| so shameful | so shoddy |