tragically

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈtrædʒɪkliː/

📖 Definitions

  1. adverb
    In a manner that causes or is characterized by great sadness, suffering, or misfortune.; In a manner relating to or characteristic of tragedy as a literary or dramatic genre.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more tragically Superlative: most tragically

Collocations

tragically diedtragically losttragically killedtragically shorttragically flawedtragically mistaken

Derivatives

tragictragicaltragedytragicomedytragicomic

Synonyms

sadlyunfortunatelydisastrouslyfatallylamentably

Antonyms

fortunatelyhappilyluckily

Commonly confused

tragic
EN: 'Tragic' is the adjective form (a tragic event); 'tragically' is the adverb form (she died tragically).
tragical
EN: 'Tragical' is an archaic/poetic variant of 'tragic' and is rarely used in modern English.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'l' in 'tragically': it is formed from 'tragic' + '-ally', not 'tragically' with a single 'l'.

💬 Examples

  1. The young mother was tragically killed in a car accident.

  2. The play ended tragically, with the hero dying on stage.