In a bad way
The crossword clue "In a bad way" is answered by ILLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
ILLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILLY answer page.
Used 28 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EVILLY (5 uses in xd)
- SORELY (3 uses in xd)
- SEVERELY (2 uses in xd)
- LOUSILY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ILLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ILLY, most used first.
- Badly. - used 26 times, most recently in 2009
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Way out - EXIT, used 285 times
- Way off - AFAR, used 229 times
- Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
- "My bad!" - OOPS, used 191 times
- "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
- Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times
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