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traumatically

traumatically

1 7.5
In a way that causes serious physical injury
  • adverb
  • /trɔːˈmætɪkli/
  • Specialized
translation icon : traumáticamente
  • The boy whose name I forgot, who was a student at Grissom, killed his mother and father and traumatically injured his sisters with an ax.

Examples

  • Doctors explained that the patient had suffered traumatically during the operation, resulting in several serious complications.

  • The soldier returned home with traumatically inflicted injuries that required extensive rehabilitation.

  • After the accident, she spoke about how traumatically her body had been damaged and the long recovery process that lay ahead.

Synonyms

catastrophically
vstraumatically
7 7.2

In a way that causes very great harm or failure

implies serious physical injury but focuses more on scale than bodies
destructively
vstraumatically
3 4.2

In a way that causes harm or damage

focuses on serious physical injury rather than general destruction
horrifically
vstraumatically
3 6.0

In a way that is very shocking or frightening

relates to serious physical injury or trauma rather than only shock
devastatingly
vstraumatically
3 6.7

In a way that causes great harm or damage

suggests direct serious physical injury rather than general great harm
damagingly
vstraumatically
1 4.4

In a way that causes harm or bad results

emphasizes actual physical injury or trauma rather than vague harm
bruisingly
vstraumatically
7.9

In a way that causes pain to the body or feelings

is specific to causing serious physical injury or trauma

Antonyms

safely
473 1.0

In a way that does not cause harm

How Traumatic

traumatically
  • Specialized
1 7.5
harmfully
1 4.3
harmlessly
8 2.3

Surface Forms

traumatically positive

Morphology

traumatically = traumatic (transparent) = trauma + tic + ally

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ally' to the adjective 'traumatic', which itself is transparently 'trauma' + '-tic'.

Etymology

Traumatically comes from the Greek word trauma, which means 'wound', so think of a sudden physical wound or injury; that's why traumatically is used for events that cause serious physical harm.