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 …

—Jim Motavelli

Some of those plants … are native species present before humans drastically altered the land.

—Peter Del Tredici

Examples of drastically in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Switch 2 sales drastically outnumber purchases of the existing Switch, which has sold less than 2 million units during the same period, according to the Japanese video game giant. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025

Such sensitivity could help create optical chips that route and process light instead of electricity, drastically improving energy efficiency. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025

Dulgarian, who is now 7-2 in his professional UFC career, was a -250 favorite, but the line moved drastically to -154 leading up to the fight. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025

Dental treatment prices vary drastically from one country to another, and Turkey’s affordability is no coincidence. —William Jones, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drastically

• elastically
• fantastically
• sarcastically
• enthusiastically
• plastically