tragically
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4.1
- adverb
- /ˈtrædʒɪkli/
:
trágicamente
- Theirs seemed to be a charmed life until March 14th, 1987 when their parents died tragically in a car crash.
- died tragically
- a tragically young age
- so tragically
In three of the cases, the children tragically had died.
- In three of the cases, the children tragically had died.
- His name was Yak Paxek PANKSEPP, who tragically died a few years ago of cancer.
- The one that she really loves ends up tragically dying in an accident.
- A beloved Toronto principal, Richard Bilkstow, tragically died by suicide in July.
- He'd married her and she died tragically, we don't quite know why.
- And some tragically, will be physically harmed or worse.
- And we lost one of our leading actors tragically to a motorcycle accident, Chance Perdomo.
- The person that I loved tragically died.
- Whereas stabbings tragically now an everyday occurrence just about everywhere.
- And then what happened is the boy's dad died suddenly and tragically on day three of my recording session.
- But as we saw tragically last week, that's not the case.
Examples
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Jan dies tragically in a car accident.
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Like all of us... this man is the unfortunate victim of these tragically difficult economic times.
Fiction book (1993) -
In three of the cases, the children tragically had died.
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So he he tragically took his own life.
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The person that I loved tragically died.
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And then what happened is the boy's dad died suddenly and tragically on day three of my recording session.
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As you know, I have been deeply and tragically involved with three deaths in this family.
Fiction book (1994) -
Another daughter, born to Grandmother Bea from a second marriage, died tragically at the age of 24.
Academic text (1998) -
And we lost one of our leading actors tragically to a motorcycle accident, Chance Perdomo.
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As you may know, Mr. Thompson tragically died in a car accident last week.
Synonyms
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2.9
Shows that something is sad or unlucky
126
3.5
In a very bad or shocking way
53
1.0
In an unhappy way because you feel upset
27
6.5
In a way that is very bad or not good enough
15
1.3
In a sad or regretful way
7
7.2
In a way that causes very great harm or failure
6
7.2
In a way that causes great harm, pain, or sadness
6
3.3
In a way that makes people feel sorry for someone or something
6
5.6
In a way that causes great harm or failure
5
7.0
In a way that makes you feel moved or very sad
4
4.7
In a sad way that shows grief
3
5.5
In a serious and sad way
3
4.8
In a gloomy way that makes people feel sad or hopeless
3
5.1
In a way that makes people feel very sad
2
8.0
In a way that makes people feel regret or sadness
1
7.3
A way that makes someone feel very sad and defeated
1
7.1
In a sad way that makes people feel sorry
1
7.2
In a sad way that shows you are unhappy
1
8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
In a way that makes people feel very sad
In a way that causes great harm or disaster
Very suddenly in a way that ends in complete failure
In a very sad way
Antonyms
How Tragic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tragically comes from tragic and tragedy, from ancient Greek words that once meant 'goat song' because early Greek plays about very sad events were called that. So when something happens tragically, it ends in great sadness or a terrible result, like the sad ending of a play.