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单词 tragically
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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
    the film ends tragically
    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
    the film ends tragically
    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.
 
 
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