Definition of tragically in English:
tragically
adverb ˈtradʒɪkliˈtrædʒɪk(ə)li
1In a way that involves or causes extreme distress or sorrow.
Jim was tragically killed in a plane crash
as sentence adverb the advice proved, tragically, to be correct
Example sentencesExamples
- He died, tragically, in the early 1970s.
- Tragically, the second version was also lost in a fire.
- A safety drill on a cruise ship went tragically wrong today, killing five crew members.
- His career ended tragically when he was found mysteriously drowned.
- Unfortunately, at a tragically young age, she had been diagnosed as having cancer.
- He is tragically killed in a car accident.
- He died at age 38 from a brain tumor, cutting his life tragically short.
- Tragically, polio forced her to stop dancing at the height of her career.
- He was a man destined to perish at a tragically premature age.
- His career was cut tragically short when he died following operations for cancer of the eye.
2informal as submodifier Very badly.
a tragically flawed personality
tragically misguided policies
Example sentencesExamples
- We have attracted a small audience of tragically dressed tourists.
- His intentions are good, if tragically misguided.
- At under two and a half minutes, it's tragically short.
- They must have a tragically low opinion of the average viewer's intelligence to foist something this poorly written upon us.
- He was the winner of one of the tragically underrated prizes for modern fiction writing.
Definition of tragically in US English:
tragically
adverbˈtrædʒɪk(ə)liˈtrajik(ə)lē
1In a way that involves or causes extreme distress or sorrow.
Jim was tragically killed in a plane crash
as sentence adverb the advice proved, tragically, to be correct
Example sentencesExamples
- He died, tragically, in the early 1970s.
- Unfortunately, at a tragically young age, she had been diagnosed as having cancer.
- His career was cut tragically short when he died following operations for cancer of the eye.
- Tragically, the second version was also lost in a fire.
- He died at age 38 from a brain tumor, cutting his life tragically short.
- A safety drill on a cruise ship went tragically wrong today, killing five crew members.
- He was a man destined to perish at a tragically premature age.
- He is tragically killed in a car accident.
- Tragically, polio forced her to stop dancing at the height of her career.
- His career ended tragically when he was found mysteriously drowned.
2informal as submodifier Very badly.
a tragically flawed personality
tragically misguided policies
Example sentencesExamples
- They must have a tragically low opinion of the average viewer's intelligence to foist something this poorly written upon us.
- At under two and a half minutes, it's tragically short.
- We have attracted a small audience of tragically dressed tourists.
- His intentions are good, if tragically misguided.
- He was the winner of one of the tragically underrated prizes for modern fiction writing.