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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
When I was a child in school (back when dinosaurs roamed), we were taught NOT to use a phrase such as "feel bad". Teacher would harrumph, and correct us to say "feel badly" [...]
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As far as I can find, "feel badly" is still considered the more strictly correct form, with "feel bad" being described variously as informal or colloquialism depending on the reference used. (Which is
not to say that "feel bad" would be inappropriate in fiction, but a writer might be excused for limiting this use to dialogue.)
arjaybe, "good" is acknowledged in the OED as an adverb, "bad" is not except in colloquial use. The adverb "goodly" does not (in the OED) have a sense appropriate to "feel goodly". dictionary.com describes "good" as an adverb as informal use (as it does "bad" as an adverb) and does not acknowledge the existence of "goodly" as an adverb at all, although it does acknowledge "ungoodly".
All very curious. Like many things with language it is not a matter of what makes sense but what has become accepted use.