adv
Meaning 1
In a radical manner; fundamentally; very.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- two radically different political groups
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
radically
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adv
Meaning 2
At the root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- "Clot" and "clod" are radically the same word.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a radical manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she took a radically different approach
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From radical + -ly or radix (“root”) + -ally.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: радикално (radikalno) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Bulgarian: коренно (korenno) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Bulgarian: основно (osnovno) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Catalan: radicalment — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Esperanto: radike — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Finnish: perin pohjin — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Finnish: radikaalisti — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Finnish: täysin — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Hungarian: radikálisan — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Hungarian: gyökeresen — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Italian: radicalmente — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Japanese: そもそも (somosomo) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Japanese: 根本から (kompon kara) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Portuguese: radicalmente — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Russian: радика́льно (radikálʹno) — in a radical manner, fundamentally
- Spanish: radicalmente — in a radical manner, fundamentally
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