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radically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹædɪkli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English radical 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 English -ly Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds Proto-Italic *wrādīks Latin rādīxlbor. English radix 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 ▲ Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English radically From radical + -ly, or from radix (“root”) + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.
   • two radically different political groups
   • The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees. 2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2023:
2. At the root.
   • This [Algonquian] language [family] is spoken by all the Indians throughout New England. Every tribe, as that of Stockbridge, that of Farmington, that of New London, &c. has a different dialect [i.e. language], but the language [family] is radically the same. 1788, Jonathan Edwards, in a report to the Connecticut Society of Arts and Sciences
   • "Clot" and "clod" are radically the same word.

Forms

Deriveds

radically centrist · extraradically

Relateds

root · radical

Translations (16)

fi perin pohjin (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · fi täysin (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · hu radikálisan (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · bg основно (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · eo radike (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · hu gyökeresen (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · pt radicalmente (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · ja そもそも (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · it radicalmente (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · bg коренно (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · ca radicalment (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · ja 根本から (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · fi radikaalisti (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · ru радика́льно (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · bg радикално (in a radical manner, fundamentally) · es radicalmente (in a radical manner, fundamentally)