Synonyms of radicallynext
1
: in origin or essence
2
: in a radical or extreme manner

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Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 Before stepping into an executive meeting, a leader can now pressure-test 10 radically divergent business models in a single afternoon. Fabio Moioli, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The objection reflects how radically the perception of Khrzhanovsky’s Dau experiment has shifted over the course of two decades — from transcendent art project to exploitative scandal to, now, geopolitical lightning rod. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 This base pair substitution can, in some cases, radically change the shape of the protein the DNA instructs a cell to produce. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for radically

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of radically was in the 15th century

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“Radically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radically. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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