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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Water pressure at that depth drastically increases the force needed to lift the boat, posing an additional challenge to the recovery effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Celtic languages and literature department, for instance, has drastically different funding and personnel needs compared with the physics department, Eddy says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Actress Aubrey Plaza has trimmed the price of her Spanish-style California compound by nearly a half-million dollars—less than two months after she relisted the property at a drastically reduced ask.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Jan-Niklas Hustedt remembers going to techno parties in the abandoned canteen of a pump factory that had drastically downsized after reunification, in his hometown of Oschersleben.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Our mind, faced with a life-threatening situation, drastically limits the range and amount of information that we have to deal with.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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