Usage Note
insecurity (N) – not confident with oneself
feel badly (VP) – "The adverb badly is often used after verbs such as feel , as in I felt badly about the whole affair . This usage bears analogy to the use of other adverbs with feel , such as strongly in We feel strongly about this issue . Some people prefer to maintain a distinction between feel badly and feel bad , restricting the former to emotional distress and using the latter to cover physical ailments; however, this distinction is not universally observed, so feel badly should be used in a context that makes its meaning clear." (American Heritage Dictionary [Usage Note on "bad"])
Resources
"bad." American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2015. Web. 27 Nov. 2015. <Link >.
Garner's Modern American Usage, Bryan A. Garner, 3rd ed., Oxford UP, 2009.
Quote Source
Smith, Eleanor. "Why you Bought That Ugly Sweater." The Atlantic, vol. 316.5, no. 20, 2015, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/why-you-bought-that-ugly-sweater/413161.
Image
Clothing on store racks. By markusspiskeon, Pixabay. 22 Jan. 2015, pixabay.com/en/shopping-clothing-clothes-woven-606993 . Licensed under CC 0.
