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rad·i·cal

 (răd′ĭ-kəl)
adj.
1. Arising from or going to a root or source; basic: proposed a radical solution to the problem.
2. Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme or drastic: a radical change in diet.
3. Relating to or advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radical politics; a radical political theorist.
4. Medicine Relating to or being surgery that is extreme or drastic in an effort to eradicate all existing or potential disease: radical hysterectomy.
5. Linguistics Of or being a root: a radical form.
6. Botany
a. Of, relating to, or arising from a root: radical hairs.
b. Arising from the base of a stem or from a below-ground stem or rhizome: radical leaves.
7. Slang Excellent; wonderful.
n.
1. One who advocates fundamental or revolutionary changes in current practices, conditions, or institutions: radicals seeking to overthrow the social order.
2. Mathematics The root of a quantity as indicated by the radical sign.
3. Symbol R An atom or a group of atoms with one unpaired electron.
4. Linguistics See root1.
5.
a. Any of the basic Chinese characters that are combined to form more complex characters.
b. Any of the traditional set of basic strokes or groups of strokes that make up Chinese characters and are used to classify and organize them in dictionaries.
[Middle English, of a root, from Late Latin rādīcālis, having roots, from Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.]
rad′i·cal·ly adv.
rad′i·cal·ness n.
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radically

(ˈrædɪkəlɪ)
adv
thoroughly; completely; fundamentally: to alter radically.
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rad•i•cal•ly

(ˈræd ɪk li)

adj.
1. with regard to origin or root.
2. in a complete or basic manner; thoroughly; fundamentally.
[1600–10]
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Adv.1.radically - in a radical manner; "she took a radically different approach"
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Translations
بِصورَةٍ مُتَطَرِّفَه
radikálně
yderliggående
perin pohjinradikaalistitäysin
gyökeresen
á róttækan hátt
radikálne
kök dentemel den

radically

[ˈrædɪkəlɪ] ADV [differ, change, improve, reduce, affect] → radicalmente, de forma radical; [different, changed, new] → radicalmente
to disagree with sb radically → estar en total desacuerdo con algn
there's something radically wrong with his knee → hay algo en su rodilla que no marcha bien en absoluto
his assessment of the situation had been radically wrong → su valoración de la situación había sido totalmente equivocada
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

radically

[ˈrædɪkəli] adv (= fundamentally) [change, alter] → radicalement; [different, better] → radicalement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

radically

adv change, differ, improve → radikal, grundlegend; there’s something radically wrong with this → hier stimmt etwas ganz und gar nicht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

radically

[ˈrædɪk/əlɪ] adv → radicalmente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

radical

(ˈrӕdikəl) adjective
1. relating to the basic nature of something. radical faults in the design.
2. thorough; complete. radical changes.
3. wanting or involving great or extreme political, social or economic changes.
noun
a person who wants radical political changes.
ˈradically adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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