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radically, adv.|ˈrædɪkəlɪ|
[f. radical a. + -ly2.]
1. With reference to root or origin; primitively, originally, naturally.
1624Donne Serm. ii. 12 Mercy as it is Radically in God and an essentiall attribute of his. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. xii. 175 Gold may be radically separated into Salt, Sulphur, and Mercury. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. ii. 209 The language, which is called the Manks, is radically Erse, or Irish. 1822Good's Study Med. IV. 592 Psora is allowed to import derivatively, what, upon this explanation, it opposes radically. 1884tr. Lotze's Logic 100 That the different subjects..are all radically one common essence.
2. To or from the root or central part; fundamentally; completely, thoroughly.
1609[Bp. W. Barlow] Answ. Nameless Cath. 152 Naturally inclined (at least radically instructed) to disobedience. 1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic Pref., How to cure a cut Finger radically. 1696Tryon Misc. ii. 53 What is more profitable for all Lovers of Health and Wisdom, than Food that is Radically Clean? 1770Burke Pres. Discont. Wks. 1808 II. 223 If these be radically and essentially vicious..those men are very unhappy. 1783― Rep. Aff. India Wks. 1842 II. 12 That India should not be radically and irretrievably ruined. 1822Good's Study Med. I. 136 They..have some tendency to correct the disorder radically. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) I. xi. 333 Two radically distinct modes of viewing the subject.
3. Comb. radically-minded adj.
1978J. Anderson Angel of Death x. 112 He's..radically-minded, and doesn't go much for that old-fashioned religion. |