Bad or Badly

[Sharkbait]

Hi Teachers,

Which sentence is correct?

1. Do you really want it bad?

2. Do you really want it badly?

Help please..

Thanks,
sharkbait

[OxfordBlues]

Badly, the adverb is correct because it describes how the person wants it.
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[Submerged]

In AE people say things like:

Do you really want it that bad?

I need that shit (drug) real (!) bad.

It's informal, yet the way people on the street speak.

[Supper]

when you want to talk about the "state of being" then you can use an adjective with a verb
ex: I feel so bad about what I did. << I am talking about my feeling. It's a bad feeling
----I want it so bad. << I'm talking about the state of being of my "desire"- I really want it.