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

How can Boardroom be so drastically different unless there is some sort of agenda here? —Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026

Now, no doubt Witt himself gaining momentum, the turnaround of the bullpen and the drastically improved hitting with runners in scoring position that’s led to this resurgence is less about any Witt-icisms than players engaging the everyday grind. —Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026

What it isn’t expected to do is drastically change the TV element, at least not beyond the advertising component. —Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026

But the publishing landscape has changed drastically since her last novel in 2019. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 7 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drastically

• elastically
• fantastically
• sarcastically
• enthusiastically
• plastically