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

Examples of radically in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The new report is based on 2022 data and first-time insights from a massive, years-long revamp of FCC coverage maps — which officials say provide radically more accurate service estimates. Brian Fung, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 At the end of a presentation by a talent recruitment firm, Ted Romo – the lone member not facing a recall – asked how the firm would handle being hired by a board that may look radically different in six months. Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024 Liberal democrats in Poland must also consider that the geopolitical situation has radically changed. Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024 Experts in Europe pointed out that drug deaths had radically dropped when the medications were made easier to access. Lev Facher, STAT, 12 Mar. 2024 Like rattlesnakes, piranhas execute two rhythmic movements with radically different frequencies: swimming, with a frequency of up to six cycles per second, and vibrating their swim bladders at frequencies of up to 140 cycles per second to make noises that sound like barks, yips and drumbeats. Quanta Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024 This isn’t to predict Dune 3 will definitely be weaker or radically different. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2024 Steve Paxton, who helped radically upend ideas about dance as a member of the 1960s collective Judson Dance Theater in New York City, and who developed contact improvisation, a movement form that is now practiced around the world, died on Tuesday at his home in East Charleston, Vt. Brian Seibert, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024 The exhibit also includes a school district map that is radically different to today’s, showing the many smaller districts that existed before the Shawnee Mission, Blue Valley and Olathe school districts formed in the 1960s. Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 29 Mar. 2024.

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