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radically

[ rad-ik-lee ]

/ ˈræd ɪk li /

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adjective

with regard to origin or root.

in a complete or basic manner; thoroughly; fundamentally.

Origin of radically

First recorded in 1600–10; radical + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM radically

non·rad·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby radically

radical mastectomy, radical right, radical sign, radicalism, radicalize, radically, radicand, radicant, radicchio, radicel, radices

Example sentences from the Web for radically

The legal jungle must be bulldozed, and replaced by radically simpler framework of goals and principles.

Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans |Philip K. Howard |December 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For Sanders to do that, he said, “he would have to embrace a radically different form of politics.”

Why the Left Loves Warren, But Won’t Swoon for Sanders |David Freedlander |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The tone of the declaration is radically different from “A few sentences.”

How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution |Michael Zantovsky |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He would have probably done both in much the same way: with elegance and restraint, yet radically.

How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion |Raquel Laneri |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In the main, however, we are looking at a radically fractured discourse.

Eben Alexander Has a GPS for Heaven |Patricia Pearson |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The proofs of a radically bad system-scanty numbers, failing supplies, immense sickness-were never more conspicuous than in 1828.

History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 |C. A. Fyffe
The manifold of the special senses and the primary manifold are radically distinct.

A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' |Norman Kemp Smith
He was radically different to the mental picture she had formed of the financier.

Swirling Waters |Max Rittenberg
This is a feature that is not radically different from that of other large commercial structures.

The Modern Railroad |Edward Hungerford
But such an opinion is radically wrong; ignorance is no more the mother of purity than it is of religion.

Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners |B.G. Jefferis

British Dictionary definitions for radically

radically

/ (ˈrædɪkəlɪ) /

adverb

thoroughly; completely; fundamentally to alter radically