“He feels badly, looks badly,” etc. Say bad. You would not say “The apple looks goodly,” but good.
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Wrong actually: you could say “he feels badly about what he did” and it would OK (if he did actually feel badly)
I feel goodly about that, thanks!
English is such a whacky language
Who is this person Badly that we’re all so busy groping?
Not sure, but I hope he works for the TSA.