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

Astrophage contamination While this major plot point isn’t changed from the book to the film – the taumeoba eventually affects the astrophage fuel, forcing Grace to rescue Rocky – the build-up to this plot twist is drastically greater in the book. —Matthew Razak, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026

Bring sunscreen, extra water, and weather gear in case the weather changes drastically, which is usually does. —John Wenzel, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026

Any vines that are overwhelming a tree in this fashion need to be removed or drastically pruned. —Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

While the tension among the Forsyte brothers and their sons, Jo and Soames, has continued to cause strife and gossip amid dinners and celebrations, other things have changed drastically. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drastically

• elastically
• fantastically
• sarcastically
• enthusiastically
• plastically