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

Few people are aware of coccolithophores, yet without them, the planet’s oceans and climate would look drastically different.

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“The way that I played music changed drastically,” she said.

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The deeper reasons, however, were profoundly anti-democratic — the noxious intransigence of patriarchy and white supremacy in Western culture, which drastically narrowed the eligible land-owning class.

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He helped Chipotle drastically boost its revenue and profits as the company’s chief executive for six years until 2024.

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"It shows you that the world community has failed drastically in deterring Israel from expanding its oppressive policies," says Barghouti.

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