drastically

UK: /ˈdræstɪkəli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dras•tic /ˈdræstɪk/   adj. 

1. acting with force or violence;
   violent:
   We keep facing drastic cuts in spending.

dras•ti•cal•ly, adv.: 

kept cutting the budget drastically.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dras•tic  (dras′tik), adj. 

1. acting with force or violence;
   violent.
2. extremely severe or extensive:
   a drastic tax-reduction measure.

• Greek drastikós active, equivalent. to drast(ós) (verbal adjective, adjectival of drân to do) + -ikos -ic
• 1685–95

dras′ti•cal•ly, adv.