Words that rhyme with badly

• haply 3
  adv 1: by accident; "betrayed by a word haply overheard" [syn: haply, by chance, by luck]
• ably 0
  adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
• actually 0
  adv 1: in actual fact; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" [syn: actually, really] 2: used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly; "you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out"; "she actually spoke Latin"; "they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets"; "people who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous" [syn: actually, in reality] 3: at the present moment; "the transmission screen shows the picture that is actually on the air" 4: as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; "actually, we all help clear up after a meal"; "actually, I haven't seen the film"; "I'm not all that surprised actually"; "she hasn't proved to be too satisfactory, actually"
• aptly 0
  adv 1: with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently" [syn: competently, aptly, ably, capably] [ant: displaying incompetence, incompetently]
• comradely 0
  adj 1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, hail- fellow, hail-fellow-well-met]
• cuddly 0
  adj 1: inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear" [syn: cuddlesome, cuddly]
• deadly 0
  adv 1: as if dead [syn: deadly, lifelessly] 2: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly] adj 1: causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal] 2: of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection" [syn: deadly, lethal] 3: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn: deadly, venomous, virulent] 4: involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins" [syn: deadly, mortal(a)] 5: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent] 6: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
• drably 0
  adv 1: in a drab manner; "she dresses drably"
• flatly 0
  adv 1: in an unqualified manner; "he flatly denied the charges" [syn: flatly, categorically, unconditionally]
• gladly 0
  adv 1: in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it" [syn: gladly, lief, fain]
• godly 0
  adj 1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful] 2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly]
• greatly 0
  adv 1: to an extraordinary extent or degree; "he improved greatly"
• hardly 0
  adv 1: only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce] 2: almost not; "he hardly ever goes fishing"; "he was hardly more than sixteen years old"; "they scarcely ever used the emergency generator" [syn: hardly, scarcely]
• idly 0
  adv 1: in an idle manner; "this is what I always imagined myself doing in the south of France, sitting idly, drinking coffee, watching the people" [syn: idly, lazily]
• lately 0
  adv 1: in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, lately, of late, latterly]
• lordly 0
  adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly] 2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
• loudly 0
  adv 1: with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, loud, aloud] [ant: quietly, softly] 2: in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously, loudly, clamorously] 3: used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly [syn: forte, loudly] [ant: piano, softly]
• madly 0
  adv 1: in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically] 2: in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely] 3: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]
• medley 0
  n 1: a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources [syn: medley, potpourri, pastiche]
• oddly 0
  adv 1: in a manner differing from the usual or expected; "had a curiously husky voice"; "he's behaving rather peculiarly" [syn: curiously, oddly, peculiarly] 2: in a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: queerly, strangely, oddly, funnily]
• proudly 0
  adv 1: with pride; in a proud manner; "he walked proudly into town"
• sadly 0
  adv 1: in an unfortunate way; "sadly he died before he could see his grandchild" [syn: sadly, unhappily] [ant: happily] 2: with sadness; in a sad manner; "`She died last night,' he said sadly" 3: in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: deplorably, lamentably, sadly, woefully]
• scraggly 0
  adj 1: lacking neatness or order; "the old man's scraggly beard"; "a scraggly little path to the door"
• shapely 0
  adj 1: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs" [ant: unshapely]
• staidly 0
  adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
• stately 0
  adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" [syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately] 2: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn: stately, statuesque] 3: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly, formal, stately]
• straggly 0
  adj 1: spreading out in different directions; "sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair" [syn: sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly] 2: growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"
• tiddly 0
  adj 1: slightly intoxicated [syn: potty, tiddly, tipsy]
• ungodly 0
  adj 1: characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts" [syn: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly]
• vaguely 0
  adv 1: in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily" [syn: vaguely, mistily]
• weirdly 0
  adv 1: in a weird manner; "she was dressed weirdly"
• redly 0
  adv 1: displaying a red color; "the forge belched redly at the sky"-Adria Langley
• bradley 0
  n 1: United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) [syn: Bradley, Thomas Bradley, Tom Bradley] 2: United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II (1893-1981) [syn: Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley]
• blackly 0
• crackly 0
• fatly 0
• fluidly 0
• raptly 0
• untowardly 0
• hackly 0
• puddly 0
• rattly 0
• waggly 0
• adlai 0
• adley 0
• badley 0
• chadli 0
• hadley 0
• ladley 0
• padley 0
• radley 0
• shadley 0
• spradley 0
• stradley 0
• retrogradely 0
• dudley 0
• studley 0
• bodley 0
• smedley 0
• hedley 0
• fiddly 0
• dignifiedly 0
• horrifiedly 0

See also badly definition and badly synonyms