traumatically
- adverb
- /trɔːˈmætɪkli/
:
traumáticamente
- The year away from Dean might have done Sam some good if it hadn't been precipitated by Dean being removed from the scene so traumatically.
Examples
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Okay, the actual blood flowed from only one of us upon the great event of our first menstruation, but we shared the experience, most of us unwillingly, some of us traumatically.
Fiction book (1991) -
The community was traumatically affected by the earthquake, leaving many families without homes.
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Everybody wants to use it for their advantages, which is which is traumatically wrong on so many levels.
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Kahn writes: "If that failure doesn't happen too often or too traumatically, it provides the child with an opportunity... to take the mirroring function into themselves and, as a result, change something basic in their self" (p. 85).
Academic text (1997) -
She described the experience of losing her job as traumatically disorienting, impacting her for months.
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After the accident, he lived traumatically with the memory of that day, struggling to regain his sense of normalcy.
Synonyms
4
7.4
In a way that causes very strong physical pain or deep worry
3
6.7
In a way that causes great harm or damage
1
7.2
In a way that feels very painful or shocking
1
7.9
In a way that makes people feel great shock or deep sadness
1
8.8
In a way that causes great fear or pain
1
8.1
In a way that causes strong emotional pain
Antonyms
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Traumatically comes from trauma, which means 'wound', and by extension it can mean a sudden, strong damage that changes things for a long time; that's why we use traumatically for big, sudden disruptions or lasting negative effects.