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

Omar introduced the bill, the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students Act, that drastically relaxed eligibility requirements for food distributors to be able to receive reimbursements during the COVID-19 school shutdowns. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026

This drastically brings down the amount of energy needed for processing data and could potentially allow artificial intelligence (AI) models to run on phones. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

Unless something goes drastically wrong in training camp, Hooker should retain his starting job at free safety. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026

But the satellite-to-phone market could drastically shift in the coming years since SpaceX is preparing to upgrade Starlink Mobile with 5G speeds up to 150Mbps. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drastically

• elastically
• fantastically
• sarcastically
• enthusiastically
• plastically