radically

[ rad-ik-lee ]

adjective

1. with regard to origin or root.
2. in a complete or basic manner; thoroughly; fundamentally.

radically

/ ˈrædɪkəlɪ /

adverb

1. thoroughly; completely; fundamentally

   to alter radically

Other Words From

• non·radi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of radically¹

First recorded in 1600–10; radical + -ly

Example Sentences

Kevin Roose of the New York Times pointed out that the majority of people on Facebook are witnessing a radically different narrative from the one presented to consumers of mainstream media.

From MIT Technology Review

You have to radically love and accept yourself, and the rest will fall into place.

From Washington Blade

“If they aren’t radically reshifting the way they understand their clientele, I don’t see any real impetus for meaningful change,” she said.

From ProPublica

Innovating the business model is a skill that every company needs from time to time, but changing the model near-instantly and perhaps radically is something else.

From Fortune

Given today’s conditions, it’s especially important to study what happened when the S&P 500 started the cycle radically overpriced.

From Fortune

The legal jungle must be bulldozed, and replaced by radically simpler framework of goals and principles.

From The Daily Beast

For Sanders to do that, he said, “he would have to embrace a radically different form of politics.”

From The Daily Beast

The tone of the declaration is radically different from “A few sentences.”

From The Daily Beast

He would have probably done both in much the same way: with elegance and restraint, yet radically.

From The Daily Beast

In the main, however, we are looking at a radically fractured discourse.

From The Daily Beast

The wise doctors thought there was nothing radically wrong; but strongly recommended change of air.

From Project Gutenberg

We do not see, however, that so far Divinity has been able to radically cure itself of the evil which is caused by men.

From Project Gutenberg

It had nearly succeeded in 1848, when Europe was in flames, but Mazzini would not see how radically circumstances had changed.

From Project Gutenberg

But he found a numerous and powerful school, that built morality on what he believed to be radically wrong foundations.

From Project Gutenberg

The two men differ again radically in their influence on class relations.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• essentially