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very badly

adverbformal/pɨsiˈmɐmɐ̃tɨ/low

pes·si·ma·men·te

Definition

In an extremely poor, negative, or deficient manner.
The event was very badly organized, leading to chaos.
He performed very badly in the exam.
Common collocations
very badly managedvery badly receivedto go very badly

Etymology

De 'péssimo' (superlativo de 'mau') + sufixo adverbial '-mente'.

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