Do we say bad or badly

bad 18065 occurrences

As for his provisions, a good deal of the meat turned bad on the voyage, and the contract was not very satisfactorily carried out.

But it was impossible to rule over the natives satisfactorily unless the Spanish settlers could be forced to submit to the laws, and the Adelantado was not powerful enough to keep the bad characters in subjection.

The three caravels which had been despatched from Gomera by the admiral unfortunately made a bad landfall, and appeared off Xaragua.

Very desirous of being the author who should designate the other polar star of the firmament, I lost, many a time, my night's sleep while contemplating the movement of the stars around the southern pole, in order to ascertain which had the least motion, and which might be nearest to the firmament; but I was not able to accomplish it with such bad nights as I had, and such instruments as I used, which were the quadrant and astrolabe.

I am free to acknowledge that I think the whole of this stanza bad.

And Hunt was in bad odour with these reviews because he was a hostile politician, still more than because of any actual or assumed defects in his performances as an ordinary man of letters.

As bad as toimes are, an' as feaw as things look, We're certain they met ha' bin worse; We'n had tommy to eat, an' clooas to put on; They'n only bin roughish, aw know.

This world's full o' changes for better an' wur, An' this is one change among th' ruck; We'n a toime o' prosperity,toime o' success, An' then we'n a reawnd o' bad luck.

Short in staple, and often rotten, bad in quality, and dirty in condition, (the result too often of dishonest packers,) it was found to be exceedingly difficult to work up; and from its various defects, it involved considerable deductions, or 'batings,' for bad work, from the spinners' and weavers' wages.

Short in staple, and often rotten, bad in quality, and dirty in condition, (the result too often of dishonest packers,) it was found to be exceedingly difficult to work up; and from its various defects, it involved considerable deductions, or 'batings,' for bad work, from the spinners' and weavers' wages.

I was quite ashamed of my bad memory.

He laughed where he saw something to laugh at, but not elsewhere, which in some circles is considered morose and in bad form.

There was something in that laugha ring of wounded vanity, the wounded vanity of a bad woman who is in the presence of her superior.

"A woman only conceals what is bad about her husband.

What news have you, bad character?" Steinmetz smiled pensively, not so much suggesting the desire to impart as the intention to withhold that which the lady called news.

He says he has none; but is one to believe so notorious a bad character?" "Madame, it is wise to believe only that which is convenient.

" "Do you dislike my taste, Ned?To my eye, now, the structure has no bad appearance from this spot!" "Fitness and comfort are indispensable requisites for domestic architecture, to use your own argument.

This is a gaining concern, though there has been some falling off of late, in consequence of the clergyman's having caught a bad cold, which has made him a little hoarse; but I dare say he will get over it, and the church ought not to be abandoned on that account, serious as the matter undoubtedly is, for the moment.

To dismiss this expression with the contempt which it deserves, yet not without the reflections which it naturally excites, I shall only observe, that all extension of the power of the crown must be dangerous to us; and that whoever endeavours to find out new modes of guilt, is to be looked on, not as a good subject, but a bad citizen.

The Widow, Madam, You bad me look upon.

Of a portrait exhibited in 1896, at Munich, a critic said that while it was not wholly bad, it was no better than what hundreds of others could do as well, and hundreds of others could do much better.

Then one day the thing gets shaky, and it goes from bad to worse, And the public grasps a shadow where it tried to hold a share; And in vain the country clergy most unclerically curse, You have "realised your property," and end a millionnaire.

THE BAD FORM OF THE PAST.

As the bad weather detained the ships, the admiral sent the notary, accompanied by two Indians, to a town where Guacanagari resided, to see if he could procure gold; for, having got some considerable quantity of late, he believed it might be more plentiful in this part.

Diaz then desired him to send his master; but this he likewise refused, saying that were as bad as going himself, and that Spanish admirals were not wont to put themselves or their men into the hands of others.

badly 2992 occurrences

He was told that it was possible, by sticking out his elbows, to go down as slowly as he liked; but he must have done it wrong somehow, for he disappeared with startling suddenness the instant he let go the window-sill, and almost simultaneously his boots shot out at the other end and doubled Dutton the butler up so badly that he had to be taken away and reinflated.

For Colonels flatter you, most firm of warders, For sandbags suppliant, and do no good, And high Staff officers and priests in orders In vain beleaguer you for bits of wood, While I, who have nor signature nor chit, But badly want a bit, I only talk to you of these high themes, Nor stoop to join the sycophantic choir, Seeing (I trust)

I think you need curing about as badly as any man I ever saw.

I think you have been badly treating this old man for a long time.

Then K[)u]t-o'-yis told the old man to go and bring down the daughter who had acted badly toward him.

He knew that his wife was not killed, but he felt very badly because he was separated from her.

When the man had finished smoking, he emptied the pipe on the Piegan's breast, and the fire burned him badly.

When she saw them pour the boiling water on him, she cried and felt badly.

After a while he tried to get out, but he was so badly bruised he could not climb up.

They dug a deep hole, and I fell into it, and I was hurt so badly that I could not get out; but the wolves took pity on me and helped me, or I would have died there.

If we can get to that brush, we will hurt them badly."

He had no relations, and no one to tan robes or furs for him, and he was always badly clad and in rags.

But when he found that the girl wanted to go, he painted her forehead with red clay, and tied a goose skin, which he had, about her head, and lent her his badly tanned robe, which in spots was hard like a parfleche.

All the people were laughing at her on account of her strange dress,a goose skin around her head, and a badly tanned robe about her.

After that he was badly wounded in two fights, but he was not killed; he got well.

Old Man sat down, and was waiting for the rabbits to cool a little, when a coyote came along, limping very badly.

"You treat me badly.

The word polarization, borrowed from optics, where it has an unequivocal sense, serves likewise to designate the development of the counter electro-motive force of galvanic elements, and also that essentially different condition of badly conducting substances that is brought about by the simultaneous influence of quantities of opposite electricity.

Damp soils, insufficient or badly selected manures, the selection of ill developed potatoes for seed, and the overcrowding of the "sets" in the soil, all seem to act as causes which predispose the potatoes to the attacks of the parasite.

Before this took place the whole of the lower deck over the badly damaged holds had been prevented from bursting up by means of wooden shores, which were placed in rows about 4 ft. apart, and wedged firmly into position.

" "It's a shame it behaves so badly when it's so handsome.

"I seem to have done this business badly," he said, "but I'll send back for the rest of the evidence and you'll have to admit that Mary's the girl you need to complete your family tree.

"I suppose it's none of my business," he commented without preface, "but unless I'm badly mistaken there'll be hell to pay around the Buffalo Butte now.

"Yes; she doesn't play badly, and she is very fond I of music.

True grace in adults is not that which is studied, nor that which is artistically copied from a badly-chosen type.

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