male (1) adv. with comp. peius (1) and sup. pessime. (1)
see malus, badly, wrongly, ill, wretchedly : homines male vestiti: animo malest? are you vexed? T.: hoc male habet virum, vexes , T.: L.Antonio male sit, ill betide : audire, be ill-spoken of.—Badly, wickedly, cruelly, maliciously, hurtfully, injuriously : quod mihi re male feceris, T.: male agendi causā: loqui: pessume istuc in illum consulis, T.: Carthagini male iam diu cogitanti bellum denuntio: agmen adversariorum male habere, harass , Cs.— Badly, awkwardly, unskilfully, unsuccessfully, unfortunately, ruinously : male gerendo negotio: res suae male gestae: pugnare, S.: Nec vixit male, qui, etc., failed in life , H.: quae res tibi vortat male, turn out ill , T.: vendendum, too cheap : empta, too dear : cui male si palpere, awkwardly , H.: defendit pampinus uvas, to no purpose , V.: salsus, impertinently , H.: sedula nutrix, unseasonably , O.— Badly, excessively, extremely, greatly, very much : male metuo, ne, etc., T.: quo neminem peius oderunt: cane peius Vitabit chlamydem, H.: rauci, miserably , H.: dispar, sadly , H.— Badly, imperfectly, scarcely, not at all : (domum) male tuetur: sanus, deranged : pārens asellus, refractory , H.: male numen amicum, hostile , V.: statio male fida carinis, unsafe , V.: plenae legiunculae, L.: male viva caro est, O.