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in the worst way
Idioms and Phrases
Desperately, very much, as in He wanted a new trumpet in the worst way . This usage replaced worst kind . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]Example Sentences
"They never have been, they don鈥檛 answer to anyone. It鈥檚 hypocrisy in the worst way. They鈥檙e living a lie."
He wrote that he saw Appalachians 鈥渞eacting to bad circumstances in the worst way possible鈥 and that they were products of 鈥渁 culture that encourages social decay instead of counteracting it鈥.
She called it 鈥渁 good goal鈥 but said Feige went 鈥渁bout it in the worst way possible鈥 and caused 鈥渋nsurmountable harm to the brand.鈥
鈥淲e wanted to play it in the worst way for a lot of reasons,鈥 FAU coach Dusty May said before the 96-95 win over Arizona on Saturday.
鈥淏ut that鈥檚 a good sign for us. Hoping for Geno鈥檚 sake 鈥 he wants to play in the worst way.鈥
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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