dramatically

adverbB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,584 of 15,258leans written

Dramatically means in a striking way, or by a very large amount. Fell dramatically, dramatically improved, announced it dramatically.

The size sense is the commoner in writing, where dramatically simply means by a lot, and it is worn thin by overuse in reports. The manner sense means theatrically, which is a criticism when said of a person.

Definitions of dramatically

1adverbdramaticallyIn a striking way, or by a very large amount.B2+
“The number of visitors has increased dramatically since the new museum opened.”

dramatically is a manner.

Where it comes from

Ancient Greek
δρᾱμᾰτῐκός
Latin
drāmaticus
English
dramatic
English, today
dramatically

From dramatic + -ally. dramatic Learned borrowing from Latin drāmaticus, from Ancient Greek δρᾱμᾰτῐκός.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

dramatically in the wild

Birds that have left the nest before they can fly are vulnerable, though once fledged their chances of survival increase dramatically.
Fledge
Oscar Eckenstein designed the first 10-point crampon in 1908, dramatically reducing the need for step cutting.
Crampon
After the law's passage, the number of districts in Kansas dropped dramatically.
Unified school district
North and east of Taseko Mountain the landscape drops off dramatically to the flat Chilcotin Plateau.
Taseko Mountain
A dramatically curved lookout pier includes a protected sun shelter and benches to view the marinas, parkland and vistas of the surrounding Bay.
Pier 4 Park

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Related words

the drāmaticus family

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