DRAMATICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatically mean? 

• DRAMATICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb DRAMATICALLY has 3 senses:

1. in a very impressive manner

2. in a dramatic manner

3. with respect to dramatic value

  Familiarity information: DRAMATICALLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a very impressive manner

Context example:

your performance will improve dramatically

Pertainym:

dramatic (sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a dramatic manner

Context example:

he confessed dramatically

Antonym:

undramatically (in an undramatic manner)

Pertainym:

dramatic (suitable to or characteristic of drama)

Sense 3

Meaning:

With respect to dramatic value

Context example:

the play was dramatically interesting, but the direction was bad

Pertainym:

dramatic (pertaining to or characteristic of drama)

 Context examples 

Every several hundred thousand years, the magnetic field dramatically shifts and reverses its polarity.

(Earth's last magnetic field reversal took far longer than once thought, National Science Foundation)

While the animals’ brains experience dramatically reduced blood flow during hibernation, just like human patients after a certain type of stroke, the squirrels emerge from their extended naps suffering no ill effects.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

A relatively new method of targeting specific DNA sequences in zebrafish could dramatically accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans.

(A new role for zebrafish: larger scale gene function studies, NIH)

"It's known that weak antibiotics can dramatically alter the human gut microbiome, but why this happens has been a mystery."

(Impacts of low-dose exposure to antibiotics unveiled in zebrafish gut, National Science Foundation)

The winds change speed dramatically, leading to huge cloud formations building up then dying away.

(Exoplanet Could Have Clouds of Rubies, Sapphires, VOA)

These U-turns cause the density in the Milky Way’s stellar halo to drop dramatically where the stars flip directions.

(The Gaia Sausage: the major collision that changed the Milky Way, University of Cambridge)

During hibernation, the 13-lined ground squirrel endures near freezing temperatures, dramatically slowing its heart rate and respiration.

(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)

The team of astronomers found that `Oumuamua varies dramatically in brightness by a factor of ten as it spins on its axis every 7.3 hours.

(ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before, ESO)

This research may have important implications because the levels of physical activity are dramatically reduced in the elderly while cognitive and physical functioning decline is naturally occurring.

(Engaging in physical activity could reduce long-term mortality, University of Granada)

Cho and his coworkers found that treating cells with a statin dramatically lowered the level of cholesterol in the inner layer, leading to suppression of cell growth activity.

(Researchers Zero-In on Cholesterol's Role in Cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)