not (so) badly
1badly off — worse off, worst off (in AM, also use bad off) 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation. The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off. 2) ADJ… …
2badly — bad, badly 1. After the verb feel, bad is an adjective complement (meaning either ‘guilty, ashamed’ or ‘unwell’) rather than an adverb: • To be absolutely honest, what I feel really bad about is that I don t feel worse Michael Frayn, 1965. After… …
3Badly Drawn Boy — Background information Birth name Damon Gough Born 2 Octo …
4badly off — comparative worse off superlative worst off adj [not before noun] especially BrE 1.) also bad off AmE not having much money = ↑poor ≠ ↑well off …
5not badly — fairly or quite well “How are you doing?” “Not too/so badly, thanks. And you?” • • • Main Entry: ↑badly …
6badly off — ˌbadly ˈoff adjective not having enough money to live comfortably: • My wife and I are not badly off as we have the state pension and my police pension. opposite well off …
7badly paid — phrase if someone is badly paid, they do not earn much money, or they earn less money than is fair for the work they do a badly paid cleaning job Thesaurus: poorsynonym Main entry: badly …
8Badly — Bad ly, adv. In a bad manner; poorly; not well; unskillfully; imperfectly; unfortunately; grievously; so as to cause harm; disagreeably; seriously. [1913 Webster] Note: Badly is often used colloquially for very much or very greatly, with words… …
9not badly — index fairly (moderately) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10badly-off — UK US adjective (comparative worse off, superlative worst off) ► in a difficult financial situation: »The economy has not been this badly off in over 40 years …
