drastically

[dras-tik-lee]

adverb

1. 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.

2. extremely.

   This school should be merged with others in the same locality, as the number of students studying here is drastically low.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drastically¹

drastic ( def. ) + -ally ( def. )

Example Sentences

"When anyone becomes a parent their life changes drastically and dramatically," he said in June.

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One suggestion is to drastically reduce the amount of TMO interference, empowering the on-field referee to make quick and unilateral decisions.

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AI-driven demand is greater than anticipated, but memory chip makers have also been "drastically cutting" spending on expanding capacity in recent years, Keating explained.

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That part of the state would not constitute an urban metropolis anywhere else in the U.S., but it is a drastically different world than the one Platner is fighting for.

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Britain's interior minister on Sunday defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was "tearing our country apart".

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