direly
Adverb
Meaning
In a dire manner.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
commonly
badly
barely
critically
adversely
desperately
cheaply
appalling
acutely
horribly
destructively
awfully
grimly
dreadfully
deplorably
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Examples
The violinist in my son’s chamber group is direly overscheduled, in a way that’s typical of a kid at a prestigious school these days.
We had a lot of guys doing some good blocking after we got interceptions and we had guys doing some good running, so those were very nice plays and direly needed in a game that went into overtime."