drastically

Etymology

drastic + -ally.

adv

1. To a drastic degree.
   This recession has been drastically different.
   drastically reduced prices
2. In a drastic manner.
   Lisa always wore shorts and a T-shirt, which clashed drastically with her brother's thick winter coat.
   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
   Seldom have democratic principles been so drastically enacted into law. 1928, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 141, page 558
   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