in the worst way

1. 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

Of course, McKinnon does it in the worst way possible, forcing Cam to fish the leftovers he’s scraped from his tray out of the garbage and making sure the recruit stuffs them in his mouth.

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"They never have been, they don’t answer to anyone. It’s hypocrisy in the worst way. They’re living a lie."

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He wrote that he saw Appalachians “reacting to bad circumstances in the worst way possible” and that they were products of “a culture that encourages social decay instead of counteracting it”.

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She called it “a good goal” but said Feige went “about it in the worst way possible” and caused “insurmountable harm to the brand.”

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“We wanted to play it in the worst way for a lot of reasons,” FAU coach Dusty May said before the 96-95 win over Arizona on Saturday.

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