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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Measuring historic wealth by modern-day standards is challenging because the underlying economic conditions have changed drastically.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
"There are farmers really flailing away" and drastically concerned about fuel costs, Joe Logan, interim president of the Ohio Farmers Union, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Though she dreams of a career like Adam Sandler’s, she knows she’s coming up in an industry that’s drastically different from the one that shaped the stars before her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Anthropic’s advisers and current investors continue to argue that slowing the pace of development is unlikely to drastically impact its financial prospects, given the revenue that can be made from existing models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Two weeks ago, just days after his fourteenth birthday, Lon would never have believed his life could change so drastically or so fast.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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