need badly

This page is about the collocation need badly

collocation pattern: verb + adverb

Meaning

to need very much

For example

  • The refugee camp needs more medicine badly. If they don't get it, people will die.

  • We've both been working seven days a week, so we badly need a vacation.

Quick Quiz

Our kids badly needed things to do during the holiday. They

a. needed to do bad things

b. had to do things badly

c. were really bored
a) needed to do bad things b) had to do things badly c) were really bored

Contributor: Matt Errey