English

Adverb

drastically ‎(comparative more drastically, superlative most drastically)

1. To a drastic degree.

   This recession has been drastically different.

   drastically reduced prices

   • 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 7, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.

2. In a drastic manner.

   Lisa always wore shorts and a T-shirt, which clashed drastically with her brother's thick winter coat.

   • 1920, America, volume 22, page 255:

     It explains why a Democratic Congress foisted Prohibition on the country and a Republican Congress drastically legislated to enforce it, when ordinarily the two parties are only too anxious for any political stick to beat each other with.

   • 1928, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 141, page 558:

     Seldom have democratic principles been so drastically enacted into law.

   • 1933, The China Critic, volume 6, page 428:

     A uniform marriage and divorce law must be drastically enacted by the Central Government and rigidly administrated by the higher courts.

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