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dras·tic

(drăs′tĭk)

adj.

1. Extreme in effect; severe or radical: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution.

2. Acting rapidly or violently: a drastic emetic.

[Greek drastikos, active, from drastos, to be done, from drān, to do.]

dras′ti·cal·ly adv.

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Adv.

drastically - in a drastic manner

Translations

بصورةٍ شَديدَه

drasticky

drastiskt

drastisch

extrêmement radicalement

drasztikusan

harkalega

improvvisamente

drasticky

esaslıgözle görülür biçimde

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drastically

[ˈdræstɪkəlɪ] ADV → drásticamente
to be drastically reduced → sufrir una reducción drástica
he drastically revised his ideas → cambió radicalmente or drásticamente de ideas
it/things went drastically wrong → salió/las cosas salieron muy mal

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

drastically

[ˈdræstɪkəli] adv [change] → radicalement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

drastically

adv → drastisch; change, different → radikal; to go drastically wrong → total schiefgehen; they’re drastically short of supplies → ihre Vorräte sind bedrohlich knapp

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

drastically

[ˈdræstɪk/əlɪ] adv → drasticamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

drastic

(ˈdrӕstik) adjective

violent, severe and having a wide effect. At this point they decided to take drastic action.

ˈdrastically adverb

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