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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δρᾰ́ω (drắō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δρᾶσῐς (drâsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek δρᾱστῐκός (drāstĭkós)der. English drastic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English drastically From drastic + -ally.

Meanings

1. To a drastic degree.
   • On Christmas Day itself there will be no trains, for recent experience has shown that few wish to travel then, even on services which had been drastically reduced: earlier closing of shops and offices on Christmas Eve is the chief reason for this change in the pattern of travel. 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
   • The proposed cuts mean that the agency could be forced to drastically shrink its workforce from about 10,000 to 294 employees. 2025 February 7, Alice Tecotzky and Allie Kelly, “Photos show crew removing USAID signage amid the agency's uncertain future”, in Business Insider:
   • The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
   • This recession has been drastically different.
   • drastically reduced prices
2. In a drastic manner.
   • A uniform marriage and divorce law must be drastically enacted by the Central Government and rigidly administrated by the higher courts. 1933, The China Critic, volume 6, page 428:
   • Lisa always wore shorts and a T-shirt, which clashed drastically with her brother's thick winter coat.
   • Seldom have democratic principles been so drastically enacted into law. 1928, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 141, page 558:
   • 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. 1920, America, volume 22, page 255:

Forms

Translations (13)

de drastisch (to a drastic degree) · ru реши́тельно (to a drastic degree) · fr extrêmement (to a drastic degree) · hu drasztikusan (to a drastic degree) · es drásticamente (to a drastic degree) · de radikal (to a drastic degree) · ru радика́льно (to a drastic degree) · hu drasztikusan (in a drastic manner) · ru коренны́м о́бразом (to a drastic degree) · ro extrem (to a drastic degree) · gl drasticamente (to a drastic degree) · ro drastic (to a drastic degree) · ru кру́то (to a drastic degree)