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

But Trescothick admitted the fixture is unlikely to sway selection too drastically for the start of the Ashes. —Michael Bailey, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025

However, amid their massive build, the 2008 stock market crash drastically altered the couple’s financial status. —Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025

The approach eliminates the need for large free-space optics, drastically reducing system size and improving reliability. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025

Meteorologists rely on wind direction, which can change, and drastically impact the lake's fetch. —Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drastically

• elastically
• fantastically
• sarcastically
• enthusiastically
• plastically