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Definition of bad adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bad

adverb
 
/bæd/
 
/bæd/
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  1. (North American English, informal) badly
    • She wanted it real bad.
    • Are you hurt bad?
    Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’.
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