drastically
Americanadverb
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so as to have a thorough or far-reaching effect; profoundly or radically.
Our everyday lives have been drastically altered by the huge number of innovations in medicine, transportation, communications, and more.
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extremely.
This school should be merged with others in the same locality, as the number of students studying here is drastically low.
Etymology
Origin of drastically
Example Sentences
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Seguro and Ventura have drastically rewritten their election scripts and appearances to focus on the towns and villages worst hit by floods, where the storm has torn down buildings and pylons.
From Barron's
Like many Lebou, Tall's father is a diver, plunging for fish which have drastically disappeared from Senegal's coast due to industrial trawling.
From Barron's
And the quality of preschool can vary drastically.
From Los Angeles Times
Aid access remains drastically insufficient, and there are not yet detailed reconstruction plans.
From Barron's
The eruption had changed the land around Mount St. Helens so drastically that it had to be relearned all over again.
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