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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Postal Service have reached a new package-handling agreement, according to people familiar with the matter, after Amazon threatened to drastically cut back on the number of packages it sends through the struggling agency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
And that gap can drastically affect learning outcomes or behavior in school.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
If there’s any hope of moving forward on a human, one-to-one level, how we treat each other must be drastically reexamined.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
He says his mum and brother "explicitly asked the question about service charges", but they were reassured that they were unlikely to increase drastically.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
The Eugenics Record Office in America had lost much of its funding in 1939 and shrank drastically after 1945.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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