radically

adverb

rad·​i·​cal·​ly ˈra-di-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce radically (audio)
1
: in origin or essence
2
: in a radical or extreme manner

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Thursday’s decision radically reorders all of federal Medicaid law, rendering much of it unenforceable. Ian Millhiser, Vox, 26 June 2025 The mobile gaming industry is being radically transformed by a wave of richer gaming experiences that are more affordable and offer a wider variety of games. William Jones, USA Today, 25 June 2025 How Data Privacy Has Affected Attribution Since its implementation in 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation has radically changed how European marketers use customer data. John Readman, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 On issue after issue, Trump’s team seemed determined to break radically with the past, ushering in a very new (yet simultaneously very old) approach to American policy—one that rejected the postwar liberal international order in favor of a return to nineteenth-century great-power predation. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for radically

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 1 Jul. 2025.

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