radically

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/ˈɹædɪkli/

adverb

In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.

“two radically different political groups”

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adverbradically (comparative more radically, superlative most radically)

comparative more radically · superlative most radically

  1. In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.

    two radically different political groups

    1 more example

    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.

    "Clot" and "clod" are radically the same word.

    1 more example

    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

Origin

  1. Englishradical
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Proto-Indo-European*wréh₂ds
  5. Proto-Italic*wrādīks
  6. Latinrādīx
  7. Englishradix
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishradically

From radical + -ly, or from radix (“root”) + -ally.

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Translations

Bulgarian радикално, коренно
  • радикално (radikalno)in a radical manner, fundamentally
  • коренно (korenno)in a radical manner, fundamentally
  • основно (osnovno)in a radical manner, fundamentally
Catalan radicalment
  • radicalmentin a radical manner, fundamentally
Esperanto radike
  • radikein a radical manner, fundamentally
Finnish perin pohjin, radikaalisti
  • perin pohjinin a radical manner, fundamentally
  • radikaalistiin a radical manner, fundamentally
  • täysinin a radical manner, fundamentally
Hungarian radikálisan, gyökeresen
  • radikálisanin a radical manner, fundamentally
  • gyökeresenin a radical manner, fundamentally
Italian radicalmente
  • radicalmentein a radical manner, fundamentally
Japanese そもそも, 根本から
  • そもそも (somosomo)in a radical manner, fundamentally
  • 根本から (kompon kara)in a radical manner, fundamentally
Portuguese radicalmente
  • radicalmentein a radical manner, fundamentally
Russian радика́льно
  • радика́льно (radikálʹno)in a radical manner, fundamentally
Spanish radicalmente
  • radicalmentein a radical manner, fundamentally

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APA

radically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radically

MLA

“radically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radically.

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