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Answer for the clue "In a shoddy way ", 5 letters:
badly

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Word definitions for badly in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context Northern England English) ill, unwell. adv. 1 In a bad manner. 2 Very much; to a great degree.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "unluckily;" late 14c., "wickedly, evilly; poorly, inadequately," from bad + -ly (2).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES badly dressed (= not well dressed ) ▪ The Prime Minister’s been criticized for being badly dressed. badly hit ▪ Our ship was badly hit and sank within minutes. badly injured ▪ Grandpa was badly injured in the war. ...

Usage examples of badly.

You know that, by revealing yourself as an Aberrant, you could hurt us badly.

There were few officers aboard the Endymion who turned a blind eye, but when it came to a zealous pursuit of duty, the first lieutenant was the worst.

It was useless to take them to task, to inform them that this behaviour instead of easing their plight only brought out the worst in their superiors and made them the butt of every perceived mistake aboard ship.

Her bare foot dragged across it, abrading the skin and producing a burning pain that somehow seemed far worse than any of the aches and stings emanating from the other injuries Mrs.

And to rage was added fear: fear that once on her own she might complain that he had sexually abused her as a child, and, worse still, that she might voice her suspicions about the fate of some of the young women she had seen in Cromwell Street.

Skin acrawl with urgency, Taverik strode down to the beached boat and muffled the badly mismatched oars.

Even if the acriflavine treatment sounded worse than the disease it was supposed to help, at least it would be over pretty soon.

If Addis spoke lightly of your role, it was only to permit you to refuse with no embarrassment, since in failure your fate will be worse than his.

Perhaps if he embarrassed himself badly enough, it would at least slow the Adjutors down in their rush to total power.

Even Signora Strega-Borgia had joined in, apparently overcoming whatever it was that had ailed her and devouring course after course of Tituss birthday banquet, badly prepared by Marie Bain and surreptitiously adjusted by Mrs McLachlan.

They now came up over the big dirigible and tried to plant the last two bombs on her broad back, but the Bullet jerked so badly due to the lost aileron, that the bombs widely missed their marks.

For awm nooan badly off nah awm sure, For awve plenty to ait an to sup.

All my instincts were screaming to me that Alsa was still in or near Gothenburg, and the idea of leaving Gothenburg to travel into another country felt badly wrong.

There was some ground to hope in the first six months of the marriage, but since he has had the gout so badly there seems reason to fear lest his amorous ecstasies should have a fatal termination.

Turgot the event was a costly and badly managed entertainment that pandered to ludicrous anachronisms like the sacred ampoule of oil, allegedly supplied to King Clovis by a divinely dispatched dove.