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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"Last year we had an awfully dry summer which impacted yields drastically so now with our energy prices being hit like they have, it just feels like one thing after another."
From BBC • Apr. 8, 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
"AI transforms a 'needle-in-a-haystack' search into a data-driven selection process, drastically shortening the timeframe between diagnosis and vaccine construction," he said.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Sometimes I thought about how strange it was that a word could change its meaning so drastically.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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