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drastically

[ dras-tik-lee ]

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adverb

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.
extremely:
This school should be merged with others in the same locality, as the number of students studying here is drastically low.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drastically¹

drastic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

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"I'm having to drastically reduce my overall employee numbers to cut costs just to survive," she said.

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For Jonathan Anstee, 54, from Surrey, it took his symptoms getting drastically worse for him to book a doctors appointment, after months of stomach aches and blood in his stool.

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The president has teamed up with billionaire Elon Musk to drastically slash government spending, and the pair has the agency in their sights.

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Last week, the Republican-led House passed a budget framework that could drastically reduce funding for public benefit programs, including Medicaid and SNAP.

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This danger is already manifest: Many forums for public deliberation have been drastically curtailed.

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