drastically
adverb
dras·ti·cal·ly
ˈdra-sti-k(ə-)lē 
: in a drastic manner : severely or seriously
The industry has changed drastically over the last 30 years.
This … car will allow you to drastically reduce the amount of time (and money) spent pumping gas …—
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Jim MotavelliSome of those plants … are native species present before humans drastically altered the land.—Peter Del Tredici
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My goal is that the landscape around this will have drastically changed by the time my kids are teenagers.
—Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
FliCS uses less fluid and operates at about 350 feet per minute, drastically reducing operating time and expense.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Given that spider monkeys only give birth every two to three years, their population is drastically declining every season because of these poachers and sellers.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Kennedy vowed early in his tenure as HHS secretary to get to the root causes of Autism, as the disorder has been drastically rising since the early 2000s.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
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Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
FliCS uses less fluid and operates at about 350 feet per minute, drastically reducing operating time and expense.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Given that spider monkeys only give birth every two to three years, their population is drastically declining every season because of these poachers and sellers.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Kennedy vowed early in his tenure as HHS secretary to get to the root causes of Autism, as the disorder has been drastically rising since the early 2000s.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drastically
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“Drastically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drastically. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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